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Echinoderm stereom gradient structures enable mechanoelectrical perception - Nature

Sea urchin spines possess previously unknown mechanoelectrical perception abilities, responding to mechanical stimuli within 88 milliseconds through rapid spine rotation.

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Very tough microbes may help us cement our future on Mars

A global research team has analyzed the prospects for biomineralization on Mars, a process in which bacteria, fungi, and microalgae can create minerals as part of their metabolism, offering a byproduct that could be useful to prospective Martian explorers by providing the raw materials needed to produce aggregates such as concrete. With an extremely thin and mostly carbon dioxide atmosphere, air pressure less than 1 percent of Earth's,

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Echinoderm stereom gradient structures enable mechanoelectrical perception - Nature

Very tough microbes may help us cement our future on Mars

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