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Effect of perchlorate on biocementation capable bacteria and Martian bricks

Swati Dubey, Shubhanshu Shukla, Nitin Gupta, Rashmi Dixit, Punyasloke Bhadury, Aloke Kumar

published 29 Jan 2026

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Exploring team dynamics and performance in extended space missions using agent-based modeling

Iser Pena, Hao Chen

published 08 Oct 2025

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Collective action within an environment of unknown unknowns: Experiences with the port of Mars Game

Marco A. Janssen, Raksha Balakrishna, Lance Gharavi, Yi-Chun Hong, Allen Lee, Christine Nguyen, Michael Simeone

published 05 Aug 2024

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Intercropping on Mars: A promising system to optimise fresh food production in future martian colonies

Rebeca Gonçalves, G. W. Wieger Wamelink, Peter van der Putten, Jochem B. Evers

published 01 May 2024

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From Macro- to Microscale: A combined modelling approach for near-surface wind flow on Mars at sub-dune length-scales

Richard Love, Derek W. T. Jackson, Timothy Michaels, Thomas A. G. Smyth, Jean-Philippe Avouac, Andrew Cooper

published 04 Nov 2022

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Farming on Mars: Treatment of basaltic regolith soil and briny water simulants sustains plant growth

Pooja Kasiviswanathan, Elizabeth D. Swanner, Larry J. Halverson, Paramasivan Vijayapalani

published 17 Aug 2022

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The legume-rhizobia symbiosis can be supported on Mars soil simulants

Randall Rainwater, Arijit Mukherjee

published 08 Dec 2021

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Soil fertility interactions with Sinorhizobium-legume symbiosis in a simulated Martian regolith; effects on nitrogen content and plant health

Franklin Harris, John Dobbs, David Atkins, James A. Ippolito, Jane E. Stewart

published 29 Sep 2021

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Iron can be microbially extracted from Lunar and Martian regolith simulants and 3D printed into tough structural materials

Sofie M. Castelein, Tom F. Aarts, Juergen Schleppi, Ruud Hendrikx, Amarante J. Böttger, Dominik Benz, Maude Marechal, Advenit Makaya, Stan J. J. Brouns, Martin Schwentenwein, Anne S. Meyer, Benjamin A. E. Lehner

published 28 Apr 2021

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Martian biolith: A bioinspired regolith composite for closed-loop extraterrestrial manufacturing

Ng Shiwei, Stylianos Dritsas, Javier G. Fernandez

published 16 Sep 2020

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A human mission to Mars: Predicting the bone mineral density loss of astronauts

Eneko Axpe, Doreen Chan, Metadel F. Abegaz, Ann-Sofie Schreurs, Joshua S. Alwood, Ruth K. Globus, Eric A. Appel

published 22 Jan 2020

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Towards the colonization of Mars by in-situ resource utilization: Slip cast ceramics from Martian soil simulant

David Karl, Franz Kamutzki, Andrea Zocca, Oliver Goerke, Jens Guenster, Aleksander Gurlo

published 11 Oct 2018

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Dalangtan Playa (Qaidam Basin, NW China): Its microbial life and physicochemical characteristics and their astrobiological implications

Ting Huang, Ruicheng Wang, Long Xiao, Hongmei Wang, José M. Martínez, Cristina Escudero, Ricardo Amils, Ziye Cheng, Yi Xu

published 01 Aug 2018

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