Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by extracting mineral resources from extraterrestrial rocks. Researchers from Cornell, US, and the University of ...
A meteorite chip sat in a small container, bathed in liquid, while the International Space Station floated overhead. Inside, a fungus spread thin threads across the rock. A bacterium built a slick ...
A small but mighty microbe that can safely extract the rare earth and other critical elements for building everything from satellites to solar panels has another superpower: capturing carbon dioxide.