'Super vision' contact lenses and space station bacteria. (Photo credit: Yuqian Ma, Yunyo Chen, Hang Zhao/China Manned Space Agency) Jump to:
This week’s science news opened with an announcement from former President Joe Biden’s office that an 82-year-old man had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. Then came a first-of-its-kind study suggesting that superbugs in hospitals can thrive in sterile conditions, feeding on medical plastics.
However, the microbial stars of this week's science show are out of this world. Analysis of samples from China's Tiangong space station has revealed a new strain of bacteria never seen on Earth before. The mystery microbe, named Niallia tiangongensis after the space station, is a type of soil-dwelling species that can cause sepsis.
During his time in space, he developed a number of important adaptations that could prove useful for future space exploration.
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