https://techsomogro.com/headlines-21st-century-tech-march-8-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=headlines-21st-century-tech-march-8-2013 Science, Technology and the Future Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:40:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://techsomogro.com/headlines-21st-century-tech-march-8-2013/#comment-8257 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:40:34 +0000 http://www.21stcentech.com/?p=9294#comment-8257 A postscript on the Lake Vostok new biology report. Now Russian scientists are retracting previous statements saying that what was discovered in the lake was contaminant from the drilling process. Spcifically, the person in charge at the St. Petersburg Institute lab that studied the Lake Vostok samples stated, “we found certain specimens, although not many, but all of them belonged to contaminants.” By contaminants he meant microorganisms that may have been introduced through the bore-hole. He continued, “there was one strain of bacteria which we did not find in drilling liquid, but the bacteria could in principal use kerosene as an energy source. That is why we can’t say that a previously-unknown bacteria was found.” Kerosene was used to lubricate the drill as it descended through the ice to the lake. The plan is to take new water samples and test them rather than announce that new life has been discovered in the sub-glacial lake. Apparently the results will not be announced until next year.

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