Tag: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Study of Bacteria in Space Yields Strange Results

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    Miriam Kramer reports on a study conducted in space that could be useful for long term space-flight missions and  may even have implications for bacterial research right here on earth. A team of scientists sent samples of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa into orbit aboard NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis to see how they grew in comparison…