In a nutshell Scientists engineered a self-sustaining system using cyanobacteria and fungi that can grow on Martian soil ...

Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and bacteria to grow building materials directly from Martian soil, completely ...

Wave-like landforms on Mars provide clues about the planet’s icy history, its potential to support life, and the behavior of ...

A team of University of Nebraska researchers have one major goal: to launch the first center for agriculture in space.Whether it’s Mars or the moon, if people will be there, they’ll have to ...

The Nebraska Soil Health School, coordinated by Bijesh Maharjan, associate professor and Extension specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Panhandle Research, Extension, and Education ...

A Texas undergrad is investigating how to grow vegetables on Mars — and has cultivated test samples of English peas in simulated Martian soil, with fertilizer from fly larvae.

The two-day conference included an afternoon session on soil health and grasslands where Jerry Hatfield, retired USDA-ARS laboratory director and a keynote presenter from a 2023 soil health school ...

The prospect of a human colony on Mars has rapidly moved from science fiction to reality in recent years, with space agencies like NASA, ESA, … ...

Many Nebraska farmers were early adopters of no-till to preserve moisture and protect soils from wind erosion. Now they're taking soil health practices to the next level.

A Texas undergrad is investigating how to grow vegetables on Mars — and has cultivated test samples of English peas in simulated Martian soil, with fertilizer from fly larvae.