Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

The NASA-funded system can form building materials with no outside intervention, which could lead to 3D printing in space.

Synthetic lichens could transform Martian dust into self-growing habitats for future Mars bases and 3D printed buildings.

However, light that leaves our star also contains UVC radiation, which has a shorter wavelength than UVA or UVB light and ...

Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and ...

These are lichens. Lichens are non-destructive, living organisms composed of a fungus and algae living in a symbiotic ...

Lichen, often found clinging to trees and rocks, is actually a complex symbiotic system filled with cyanobacteria, fungi, and algae.

Lichens on stone, those "still explosions" as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, which is remarkable when you consider how commonplace they are. It seems ...

And when a lichen forms on it, in time, that stone becomes part of the lichen, and so contributing to the biodiversity of the site. We don’t see it, or think about it even, but it’s happening.

Lichens on stone, those “still explosions” as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, which is remarkable when you consider how commonplace they are. It seems these ...

A sprinkling of lichens grow on any remaining exposed rocks. Mosses get their nutrients from the rocks themselves and, like other plants, depend on sunlight and photosynthesis to create their food.