NASA tests space-bound rapid bacteria assay

NASA has long been concerned about microorganisms in space — both the transmission of Earth bacteria to foreign soils and the corrossive effect of foreign fungi on electronics — but has long lacked a rapid assay test to detect their presence, instead relying on Earth-bound tests that can take days to culture. Now, however, those days are over now that excercises aboard the International Space Station have validated NASA’s new Lab-On-a-Chip Application Development