Location
Weber State University
Start Date
5-8-2017 9:46 AM
End Date
5-8-2017 12:00 AM
Description
Space research still consists of the major goal of the successful detection of life on another planet. The 2012 biological and life detection (BOLD) mission to Mars included the ARROW biosensor as one of its main life detection tools for the mission. Although the mission never went forward, the ARROW biosensor remains an obvious choice for interplanetary life detection missions. The sensor is cheap, small, lightweight, and very sensitive. All of these factors helped make it the candidate of choice for the BOLD mission to Mars and still make it a good candidate today. Since 2012, the ARROW biosensor has incorporated buried waveguides in order to improve its sensitivity and environmental stability and has improved dramatically in its detection capabilities.
Included in
Lab-on-a-Chip Biosensor for Interplanetary Life Detection Missions
Weber State University
Space research still consists of the major goal of the successful detection of life on another planet. The 2012 biological and life detection (BOLD) mission to Mars included the ARROW biosensor as one of its main life detection tools for the mission. Although the mission never went forward, the ARROW biosensor remains an obvious choice for interplanetary life detection missions. The sensor is cheap, small, lightweight, and very sensitive. All of these factors helped make it the candidate of choice for the BOLD mission to Mars and still make it a good candidate today. Since 2012, the ARROW biosensor has incorporated buried waveguides in order to improve its sensitivity and environmental stability and has improved dramatically in its detection capabilities.