TY - GEN
T1 - Development of Compact Sensor System for Detection of Water Activity
AU - Desai, Prarthana
AU - Schmueser, Ilka
AU - Mackenzie Dover, Coinneach
AU - Cockell, Charles
AU - Cunningham, Colin
AU - Underwood, Ian
N1 - Acceptance date set to exclude from REF OA Policy
PY - 2018/9/24
Y1 - 2018/9/24
N2 - Habitability is defined by Cockell et al. in, "Habitability: A Review", as 'the ability of an environment to support the activity of at least one known organism'. Water is an important factor, as it is the medium of survival for life as we know it. Humidity measurements alone are not reliable indicators of habitability, as, while they give information about the presence of water as a whole in a substrate, they cannot elucidate if an environment is chemically suitable for microbes to thrive.
AB - Habitability is defined by Cockell et al. in, "Habitability: A Review", as 'the ability of an environment to support the activity of at least one known organism'. Water is an important factor, as it is the medium of survival for life as we know it. Humidity measurements alone are not reliable indicators of habitability, as, while they give information about the presence of water as a whole in a substrate, they cannot elucidate if an environment is chemically suitable for microbes to thrive.
UR - http://www.eana-net.eu/Conferences/Docs_EANA18/EANA2018_AbstractBook.pdf
M3 - Conference contribution
BT - Abstract Book of the 18th European Astrobiology Network Association Conference (EANA)
PB - European Astrobiology Network Association
ER -