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Fungi from Chernobyl: A new hope for space travel
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Chernobyl wasteland’s fungus inspires scientists to devise radiation shield for plants growing in space
The scientists just made a discovery that could represent a giant leap for human space endeavours: melanin can protect plants from harmful radiation. “The work was published in ‘Scientific ...
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Three of the strangest organs in the animal kingdom
Our melanin protects us from the radiation of the sun, but some fungi have been found using it to protect them from the radiation at Chernobyl. Fungi are an ancient form of life. They have ...