Arsenic Life The Biggest Scientific Blunder Of The Century

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· in december 2010, a study led by a nasa astrobiology fellow claimed to have found an alien-like microbe in a salty, alkaline lake in california. · in 2009, researchers collected a microbe from mono lake, a salty and alkaline body of water in california. · a controversial 2010 study that suggested bacteria could grow using arsenic instead of phosphorus has been retracted by the research journal science. · the controversial claim of microbes that exhibit arsenic rather than phosphorus in their biochemistry has been retracted by the journal science 15 years after it was first … The bacterium at. · now, some 15 years later, the venerable scientific journal has retracted this “arsenic life” study, once the star of a nasa news conference because of its epochal astrobiological … · a controversial paper 1 claiming that an extraordinary microorganism can thrive on the toxic element arsenic has been retracted by the journal science, nearly 15 years after its … · after almost 15 years, the influential scholarly journal science has retracted a controversial paper about the discovery of a microbe able to use arsenic instead of … While fraud is not suspected, the move was warranted 15 years after its publication due to changes in retraction criteria, says science ’s editor-in-chief, h holden thorp. · the us national aeronautics and space administration (nasa), which contributed authors to the paper and provided funding, held a press conference announcing the findings as … · science retracted a 2010 study that claimed bacteria could use arsenic for growth. Some scientists support the decision, while others find it harsh. This extraordinary bacterium could … In the lab, they said, they found it could replace phosphorus, a key …