While lunar gardens are still out of reach, the study sheds more light on terrestrial biology that may not be limited to our ...

Moss spores have just joined the short list of life forms proven to withstand the raw vacuum of space for months at a time, ...

Could one of Earth’s earliest plants hold the key to building life-support systems beyond our planet? The question gained new weight after an experiment revealed that moss spores can survive almost ...

Researchers have tested protenemata, brood cells and sporophytes of Physcomitrium patens under simulated space environments, ...

Spores of moss reportedly survived its nearly a year outside experience in space on the International Space Station and ...

Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how a fungus reproduces, let alone about what the process might look like. But here you can see a network of soil fungus, with a reproductive spore ...

Led by Tomomichi Fujita, a plant biology professor at Hokkaido University, the research team concluded that moss could ...

Recent advancements in omics-tools, combined with the decreasing costs of DNA sequencing and synthesis, have enabled the development of novel platforms in synthetic biology. These advancements ...

NORTHERN IRELAND (WKRC) - A recent study discovered a new species of fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into spore-spreading zombies. The researchers behind the study, which was published ...

A much-anticipated commercial computer game about evolution is getting a favorable response from some scholars, who welcome its interactive, engaging approach to the topic even though a few of its ...