/macdonald/taxonomy/term/833/all en /macdonald/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 19:15:05 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53130 at /macdonald /macdonald/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 13:40:48 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52167 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/antarctic-permafrost-may-not-be-habitable-microbes-so-mars-258090 <p> </p> <p>"It doesn't mean there's no life on Mars, but what it does mean is it's going to be harder to find," said Jacqueline Goordial, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University researcher who led the study, in an interview with Rachelle Solomon on CBC's Breakaway.</p> Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:48:23 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52045 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/nearing-limits-life-earth-257977 <h3>Failure to find active microbes in coldest Antarctic soils has implications for search for life on Mars</h3> <p>Natural Resource Sciences professor Lyle Whyte and postdoctoral fellow Jackie Goordial talk about their research which suggests that it is unlikely that it is unlikely that there is any microbial life to be found on Mars.</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2016 19:32:42 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52037 at /macdonald