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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Martian dirt may have all the necessary nutrients for growing rice, one of humankind’s most important foods, planetary scientist Abhilash Ramachandran reported March 13 ...

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.

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, … ...

The dream of living on Mars has been around for decades, often featured in science fiction books and movies. But with successful Mars landings and continued exploration, scientists are now taking ...