At 04:00 PM 6/11/04, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/10jun_bbics.htm?list1119125
<snip>
>...University of Tennessee microbiologist Gary Sayler
> and his colleagues
> have developed a device that uses chips to collect
> signals from
> specially altered bacteria. The researchers have
> already used these
> devices, known as BBICs, or Bioluminescent
> Bioreporter Integrated
> Circuits, to track pollution on earth. Now, with the
> support of NASA's
> Office of Biological and Physical Research, they're
> designing a version for spaceships...
This is _way_ cool -- various microbes can live under
such weird conditions and perform the most amazing
chemical reactions, especially when loosely organized
in biofilms or community mats -- I think that long
space voyages will require micro and macro biotech.
Debbi
Spores In Space Maru :)
But what do you do when the user reports bugs in the system?
-- Ronn! :)
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