Extremophiles are organisms capable of adjust, survive or thrive in hostile habitats that were
previously thought to be adverse or lethal for life. Chile gathers a wide range of extreme …

The use of cyanobacteria as soil inoculants is a very promising biotechnological approach
that is receiving increasing scientific attention for its potential for soil degradation control …

Floating photovoltaic power plants are a quickly growing technology in which the solar
modules float on water bodies instead of being mounted on the ground. This provides an …

Soiling by dry deposition affects the power output of photovoltaic (PV) modules, especially
under dry and arid conditions that favor natural atmospheric aerosols (wind-blown dust). In …

An “in house” taxonomic approach to drug discovery led to the isolation of diverse
actinobacteria from hyper-arid, extreme hyper-arid and very high altitude Atacama Desert …

The primary goal of this work is to provide an understanding of the state of the art and future
prospects for solar PV technology in Chile. Chile is leading the incorporation of this type of …

The use of solar technologies should proliferate in Chile as half of the country has a solar
irradiance (GHI) above 5 kWh/(m 2 d). Moreover, the Atacama Desert exhibits further …

Abstract The Atacama Desert is the most extreme non-polar biome on Earth, the core region
of which is considered to represent the dry limit for life and to be an analogue for Martian …

The 2020s could be called, with little doubt, the “Mars decade”. No other period in space
exploration history has experienced such interest in placing orbiters, rovers and landers on …

The world's highest levels of surface ultraviolet (UV) irradiance have been measured in the
Atacama Desert. This area is characterized by its high altitude, prevalent cloudless …