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University of California, Riverside researchers used a two-step chemical process to convert carbon dioxide, electricity and water into acetate - a form of the main component of vinegar.

EXCLUSIVE: After Lord Martin Rees claimed future Mars colonists will be cyborgs, we delive into the challenges facing explorers - and how becoming a cyborg could solve some of them.

The US space agency put out a plea for a new virtual reality research, development, and testing environment to prepare for the experiences and situations that will be encountered on Mars.

The space agency have challenged developers and designers to create scenarios inside this virtual world that the first crew could face when they arrive.

A research team from the University of California, Berkeley examined energy output levels from different types of technology.

The worlds richest man has been vocal about his goal of making humanity a multiplanetary species, including developing rockets to colonize Mars by 2050.

A team from Spanish technological centre Tekniker said it involved making the first reactor to produce space propellant on Mars using the planets air, which is 95 per cent carbon dioxide.

Understanding sex, and how it will work in a low gravity environment, is essential, according to the academics from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Elon Musk has drip-fed details of a future Martian settlement, including the idea of glass domes acting as temporary habitats while the planet is terraformed.

NASA expects it will take about 500 days for humans to reach the Red Planet, but Canadian engineers say a laser-based system could cut that journey down