US-Italy researchers have used quantum-mechanical simulations to resolve a decades-old puzzle about how ultraviolet ...

When people talk about terraforming planets, they don’t usually think of moss as a tool, but perhaps we’ve been underrating ...

Visium light strives to provide continuous air and surface disinfection that protects both people and animals.

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the ...

Laboratories that handle animals, plants or high-allergen materials could adapt 222-nanometre far-UVC systems to reduce the ...

When ultraviolet light hits ice—whether in Earth's polar regions or on distant planets—it triggers a cascade of chemical ...

The researchers simulated space conditions by exposing the three tissues to UV radiation and freezing and high temperatures.

In a groundbreaking experiment, researchers have discovered that moss spores can survive the harsh conditions of space. For ...

The spores’ thick outer walls acted like built-in shields, helping them withstand extreme radiation and temperature swings ...

A key part of the success of Pickering Creek’s annual EcoCamp is its Junior Naturalists (JNs).  JNs, who are middle and high ...

Common moss spores survived nine months bolted to the outside of the International Space Station, paving the way toward space ...

To see, Fujita’s team turned to Physcomitrium patens, a well-studied species moss commonly called spreading earthmoss. They ...