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Building Castles on the Ground: Conversations Between Ecologists and Engineers
The architectural feats of termites and their farming capabilities have been admired by biologists, engineers and architects and have inspired...
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Microbial Endeavours Towards Extra-terrestrial Settlements
The topic of extra-terrestrial habitats for humans is becoming more and more relevant with progress in space technology. For develo** human...
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A Review of Off-World in Bioregenerative Food Systems
The history of agriculture on Earth has spanned thousands of years marked by great innovations needed to meet the challenges of the day. The space...
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Effects of Spaceflight on the Human Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiome
Space travel has been shown to affect various physiological and psychological processes in humans including the composition and function of the gut...
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Life on the Edge: Bioprospecting Extremophiles for Astrobiology
Discovering exoplanets and satellites in habitable zones within and beyond our solar system has sparked intrigue in planetary setting varieties that...
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Microbial Technologies in Waste Management, Energy Generation and Climate Change: Implications on Earth and Space
Microbes are important decomposers of organic waste. By decomposing organic waste and using it for their growth, microbes play an important role in...
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Mars Simulation Facilities: A Review of Recent Developments, Capabilities and Applications
Understanding the habitability of both past and present Mars continues to evoke scientific interest, particularly now that there is growing evidence...
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Yeasts in the Era of Astrobiological Research
Due to their extraordinary genetic and phenotypic plasticity, yeast and yeast-like fungi have been able to adapt and colonize a wide range of...
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Engineering Perspectives of Growing Plants in Space
Plants are crucial to human existence. They provide a source of sustenance, nutrient recycling, atmospheric replenishment, water cycling, and...
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Comparative Psychophysics of Colour Preferences and Colour Learning in Bees with Special Focus on Asian Social Bees
Several interesting facets of bee behaviour have fascinated the human mind since historical times. Prominent amongst them is their interaction with...
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Perspectives on Sampling and New Generation Sequencing Methods for Low-Biomass Bioaerosols in Atmospheric Environments
Bioaerosols play essential roles in the atmospheric environment and can affect human health. With a few exceptions (e.g., farm or rainforest...
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Marching with Ants to a New Nest: Colony Composition and Relocation Dynamics of Diacamma indicum
In this review, we journey with Diacamma indicum a Ponerine ant over the past decade as they relocate to new nests and discover the challenges they...
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Medical Astro-Microbiology: Current Role and Future Challenges
The second and third decades of the twenty-first century are marked by a flourishing of space technology which may soon realise human aspirations of...
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Big Data for a Small World: A Review on Databases and Resources for Studying Microbiomes
Microorganisms are ubiquitous in nature and form complex community networks to survive in various environments. This community structure depends on...
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The Quantum Density Matrix and Its Many Uses
The quantum density matrix generalises the classical concept of probability distribution to quantum theory. It gives the complete description of a...
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Realizing the Quantum Dream
The concept of a quantum computer and the idea of using the power of quantum mechanics to build one have been around for long; however, it was only...
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Theory Behind Quantum Error Correcting Codes: An Overview
Quantum information processing is now a well-evolved field of study with roots to quantum physics that has significantly evolved from pioneering...
