/channels/taxonomy/term/8440/all en /channels/channels/news/new-technique-finding-life-mars-284060 <p>Researchers demonstrate for the first time the potential of existing technology to directly detect and characterize life on Mars and other planets. The study, published in Frontiers in Microbiology, used miniaturized scientific instruments and new microbiology techniques to identify and examine microorganisms in the Canadian high Arctic - one of the closest analogs to Mars on Earth. By avoiding delays that come with having to return samples to a laboratory for analysis, the methodology could also be used on Earth to detect and identify pathogens during epidemics in remote areas.</p> Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:15:07 +0000 webfull 134307 at /channels /channels/news/exomars-outbound-search-life-signs-259829 <p> </p> <p>Professor Lyle White, Natural Resource Sciences, is interviewed on his role in Mars exploration and the Exomars Space Probe.</p> <p><a href="https://audioboom.com/boos/4323213-exomars-outbound-in-search-for-life-signs-david-livingston-spaceshow-com-lyle-white-mcgill-university" target="_blank">Listen to the interview</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:40:52 +0000 webfull 117534 at /channels