Recent Research Publications
Recent publications by Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe and colleagues at BCAB in the open access peer-reviewed online journal Journal of Astrobiology and Outreach:
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David H. Krinsley, Barry DiGregorio, Ronald I. Dorn, Josh Razink & Robert Fisher, Mn-Fe-enhancing budding bacteria in century-old rock varnish, Erie Barge Canal, New York, Journal of Geology (March 2017)
Bill Napier, David Asher, Mark Bailey & Duncan Steel, , Astronomy & Geophysics 56.6 (2015), 18-23
S.G. Coulson, M.K. Wallis & N.C. Wickramasinghe, On the dynamics of volatile meteorites, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 445 (2014), 3669-3673
S.A. Alharbi, M. Wainwright et al., Evidence in support of the theory of archipanspermia,ÌýJournal of Food Agriculture and Environment 9 (2011)
S.G. Coulson, Hydrodynamic modelling of cometary particles captured in aerogel and the Earth’s atmosphere, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 44.10 (2009), 1421–1430
S.G. Coulson, On the deceleration of cometary fragments in aerogel, International Journal of Astrobiology 8.1 (2009), 9-17
B.E. DiGregorio,ÌýThe Viking labelled release experiment controversy: why does it exist and when will it end?ÌýJournal of Cosmology (September/October 2011)
R. Gangappa, N.C. Wickramasinghe, S. Kumar & G. Louis, Growth and replication of red rain cells at 121oC and their red fluorescence, Proc SPIE 7819 (2010)
C.H. Gibson, N.C. WickramasingheÌý& R.E. Schild, Primordial planets, comets and moons foster life in the cosmos,ÌýProc SPIE 7819 (2010)
C.H. Gibson, N.C. WickramasingheÌý & R.E. Schild,ÌýFirst life in primordial-planet oceans: The biological Big Bang, Journal of Cosmology 11 (2010), 3490-3499
C.H. Gibson, R.E. Schild & N.C. Wickramasinghe,ÌýThe origin of life from primordial planets, International Journal of Astrobiology, 10.2 (2010), 83-98.Ìý doi:10.1017/S1473550410000352
D. Krinsley,ÌýR.I. Dorn & B. DiGregorio, Astrobiological implications of rock varnish in Tibet,Ìý Astrobiology 9.6 (2009), 551-562. doi:10.1089/ast.2008.0238.
K.ÌýRauf, A. Hann, C. Wickramasinghe & B.ÌýDiGregorio,ÌýMicrostructural investigation of the Carancas meteorite, Int. J. Astrobiol. 10.2 (2010), 105-112
K. Rauf & C. Wickramasinghe, Evidence for biodegradation products in the interstellar medium,ÌýInt.J.Astrobiol. 9.1 (2010), 29-34
K. Rauf, A. Hann, M. Wallis & C. Wickramasinghe, Study of putative microfossils in space dust from the stratosphere, International Journal of Astrobiology 9.3 (2010), 183-189
K. Rauf, A. Hann & N.C. Wickramasinghe,ÌýMicrostructure and elemental composition of the Tagish Lake meteorite and its astrobiological implications, International Journal of Astrobiology 9.1 (2010), 35–43
M. Tuleta, L.ÌýGabla & N.C. Wickramasinghe,ÌýSlow ion irradiation of sugar: astrobiological implications,ÌýInt.J.Astrobiol.Ìý8.4 (2009), 317-319
M.K. Wallis, J.T. Wickramasinghe & N.C. Wickramasinghe,ÌýMars Polar Cap: a habitat for elementary life, Int.J.Astrobiol. 8.2 (2009), 117-119
J.T. Wickramasinghe, N.C. Wickramasinghe & W.M. Napier,ÌýComets and the Origin of Life (World Scientific, Singapore, 2010)
C. Wickramasinghe,ÌýViva panspermia, The Observatory Magazine (June 2010).
J.T. Wickramasinghe, N.C. Wickramasinghe & M.K. Wallis,ÌýLiquid water and organics in comets: implications for exobiology, Int.J.Astrobiol. 8.4 (2009), 281-290
N.C. Wickramasinghe,ÌýSpectroscopic evidence of cosmic life, ÌýInt.J.Astrobiol. 11 (2010), 3476-3488
N.C. Wickramasinghe,ÌýThe astrobiological case for our cosmic ancestry,ÌýInt.J.Astrobiol. 9 (2010), 119-129
C. Wickramasinghe,ÌýBacterial morphologies supporting cometary: a reappraisal, International Journal of Astrobiology 10 (2011), 25-30.ÌýÌýdoi:10.1017/S1473550410000157
N.C. Wickramasinghe, J. Wallis, C.H. Gibson & R.E. Schild, Evolution of primordial planets in relation to the cosmological origin of life, ÌýProc. SPIEÌýÌý7819 (2010).
SPIE Newsroom invited article
Microfossils in comet dust and meteorites support panspermia (Nov. 2010):