Sentences with phrase «soil samples gathered»

Using techniques not unlike DNA fingerprinting, the scientists were able to detect the presence of antibiotic - resistant genes in soil samples gathered from all across the U.K.

Martian soil samples gathered by the Phoenix Lander in 2009 found calcium and powerful oxidants, including magnesium perchlorate.

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Fernández — who investigates the rehabilitation of degraded agricultural soils and their carbon sequestration potential for climate change mitigation — considers himself «lucky» because he managed to gather all the samples he needed before the budget restrictions.

In search of microscopic life, molecular ecologist Kay Bidle of Rutgers University looked for microbial DNA in the soil and ice core samples Marchant gathered for him during one of his expeditions.

• As with the previous location, gather the leaf litter and soil within the sampling frame (down to approximately two cm deep).

The next NASA mission planning to use an MMRTG is the Mars 2020 rover, due to be launched as part of NASA's Journey to Mars, to seek signs of past life on the Red Planet, test technology for human exploration, and gather samples of rocks and soil that could be returned to Earth in the future.

McKay suggested that the Viking Mars lander may have inadvertently oxidized any evidence of life it its samples of Martian soil, proposed an expedition to gather samples of water from the Saturn moon Enceladus, and offered a child - friendly analogy for how alien life might differ from life on Earth: «I could build a table out of Lincoln logs and you could build a table out of Legos: At the macroscopic scale they'd be the same — they'd both be tables; at the microscopic scale they'd be the same — they'd both be built from carbon atoms.

The mission seeks signs of life on Mars and will test technology for human exploration and gather samples of rocks and soil that could be returned to Earth.

To read pages upon pages of text accompanied by black and white illustrations, or to find yourself on Mars and gather soil samples by hand?

Sediment samples gathered in south Australia led Kennedy's team to theorize that a catastrophic era of global warming was triggered some 635 million years ago by a gradual — and then abrupt — release of methane from frozen soils, bringing an end to «Snowball Earth,» when the entire planet was encrusted in ice.

An Environmental Technician typically operates necessary equipment used to gather air, water and soil samples and test for pollutants.