The Wall Street Journal – “We’re starting to realize its potential,” said Caren Goldberg, an assistant professor at Washington State University who is managing editor of a special issue on environmental DNA in the journal Biological Conservation. Her lab in Pullman, Washington, will analyze samples that Paulsen and her team collects.
CBS News – Washington State University’s Xianming Shi called the approach “new and innovative.” But he also said it could be improved upon, including finding a way to continuously replenish the antifreeze reservoir. He also warned the cost would likely be higher than conventional methods and additional work needed to be done to ensure the system wouldn’t cause problems for the plane itself.
The Daily Mail – On Earth, it’s increasingly used in application such as dry cleaning or to sterilise medical equipment, but astrobiologists at Washington State University believe it could also be capable of sustaining life. Study co-author Professor Schulze-Makuch and his team compared enzymes in carbon dioxide and in water, and found that they were more stable in supercritical CO2.