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Fungi found in Chernobyl feeds on radiation, could protect astronauts
- gus_massa 7y agoWhy are they testing the absorbing properties of melanin in space, if it is like 100 time cheaper to test it in a lab? Are the properties of the melanin in the fungus different of the melanin in other species? (Probably yes, hemoglobin is fine tuned in each specie, I guess melanin too.) Does melanin absorb radiation better than aluminum (or other metal) compared by weight or volume?
- jelliclesfarm 7y agoI think ..afaiu...the fungus was found at Chernobyl site. It was manufactured in a lab and then embedded into a polymer structure. They are studying the effect of space radiation. Unlike aluminum, this is a bio molecule. You can’t manufacture aluminum in a lab setting.