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OGL in the NEWS
Samples of the news media coverage involving OGL at UIC 

UIC's mission: To model life on Saturn's moon in the lab (2018)

UIC's news release about our NASA Astrobiology Institute  grant was distributed on the Nov. 29, 2018. 

in English
- Sciencemag
- News(wize)
- Eurekalert
- Phys.org
- Edublog (Education News)
- Newstral.com

​- WTTW Chicago Tonight science roundup. Look at the broadcast after 2:50 minutes (discussing the Chinese mission to the far side of the moon) and here we are. The presenters are as excited as we are about this project. 
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The brine of Lake Vida (Antarctica) has an active microbial community at -13 ˚C (2012)

in English
- NSF press release 
- BBC news "Antarctic lake's clue to alien life"

- LA Times "Beneath 50-foot ice layer, an Antarctic lake full of life"
- The Guardian, UK "Antarctic lake find pushes known boundaries of what life can endure"
- Marine Science Today "Sealed Beneath Ice for Thousands of Years, Life Still Exists"
- wired.com "No Light, No Warmth, No Problem: Extreme Life Thrives in Antarctic Lake"
- wired.co.uk  "Microbes discovered living in ancient Antarctic brine"
- Antarctic Sun (USAP) "No Small Discovery,  Microbial life found in extreme environment of Antarctica's Lake Vida"
- Adventure Journal "Life Found in Hostile, Oxygen-Free Antarctic Lake"
- TGD "Ancient microbes tough it out in Antarctic lake"
in Spanish
- Chile "Científicos descubren antiguos microbios en un lago congelado en la Antártica"
- Spain "Scienciaplus.com "Microbios subsisten aislados miles de años en salmuera bajo el hielo antártico"
in French "Une vie microbienne trouvée enfouie dans un lac gelé repousse les limites de ce que peut endurer la vie"
in Russian  "3000 лет без света, тепла и кислорода. В подлёдном озере найдены живые бактерии"
in Korean  "남극 얼음속 소금물 호수에 미생물 번창, 외계 생명체 청신호"
in Dutch Scientias.nl "Microben ontdekt in meer dat al 2800 jaar van buitenwereld is afgesloten"  
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Pennsylvanian cave fill provides exquisite fossil preservation and paleoclimate information (2009)

in English​
- ScienceDaily "Treasure trove of fossils found in limestone cave"
- Chicago Tribune "Cave found by students a geological gold mine; Kendall quarry yields rare fossils"

- LiveScience "Cave near Chicago full of ancient wonders"
 

Orignal manuscript: Plotnick et al. (2009) 

Archaea biomarkers detected in ~2.7 billion year old sediments of Timmins (Ontario) (2007)

in English
- Astrobiology Magazine "Early Life Eureka"  
- Science Daily "Ancient Organisms Discovered In Canadian Gold Mine"
- The Daily Galaxy "
Ancient Organisms Found in Canada's Deep"
- UPI "2.7 billion-year-old fossils are found"
in French "La mine d'or de l'évolution" Interview with Radio Canada (Fabien Kenig).  
in Czech OSEL: "Prastarý život z kanadského zlatého dolu"

Found on the Blue Agave Forum:  Posted 23 August 2007 - 07:08 AM
"I was listening to a report on CBC Radio 1, Tuesday (Ontario Today show) and Gregory Ventura was being interviewed by Rita Celli. He's the scientist (then a doctoral student) who discovered the chemical remains of bacteria in shale 2.7 billion years old, deep in a gold mine in Timmins, ON.
    When asked how he celebrated the confirmation of the incredible age of these bacterial fossils, Ventura told the interviewer he was fond of tequila, so he celebrated by having a couple of shots. No, he didn't mention the brand.
   Tequila and science! Gotta love that mix. There's a podcast of the interview on the CBC archive site (good only for 30 days).
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Todd Ventura (left) and Todd Brown (right) deep underground in Timmins, sampling.
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Intermittent euxinia: Reuniting a black shale with its biofacies (2004)

in English
-  Scienceblog "Seabed secrets in English clay" 
- Scienceblog.com "Oxygen, Non oxygen breathing organisms coexisted"
- Bio-medecine "Seabed secrets in English clay"
- Eurekalert
in Spanish
- "Secretos del fundo marino en arcilla Ingles"
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Lower Oxford Clay (photo source saurian.blogspot.com)
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