Sentences with phrase «by microgravity»

«The Medaka experiment finding of new genes affected by microgravity provides a good animal model to clarify this mechanism.»

It is important to note that another study from the research group (the PlanHab Project), looking at whole - body exercise, found that hypoxia did in fact aggravate the impairment caused by microgravity alone.

Not exact matches

CASIS's mission is to encourage «use of this unparalleled platform for innovation» — and Merck is taking this to heart by experimenting with drug development in the realm of microgravity.

For this first flight, astronauts will just test that the technology works in microgravity by analysing the genomes of bacteria, viruses and mice.

«I'm excited by potential advances in pharmaceuticals that microgravity could lead to,» he told Space News in June.

Richard Garriott's own artistry — an interpretation of the «action painting» made famous by Jackson Pollock — took advantage of the ISS's microgravity environment.

Furthermore, the same team is applying new microgravity technology — originally developed by NASA for the International Space Station — to make large enough quantities of the stem cells to repair tissue damage in patients.

The results demonstrated that the impairments following microgravity were not aggravated by hypoxia.

The cucumber roots grown in microgravity bent towards the wet substrate, sometimes by as much as 60 degrees from the vertical.

A study by Murray Hill Middle School in Maryland investigates the effects of microgravity on microencapsulation, a process that could be used to help control the rate at which a drug is released in the body.

By comparing the cells grown in microgravity to cells grown in gravity, the research team will examine several parameters, including the susceptibility of the yeast to antimicrobial agents.

By now, European astronauts had hoped to be established in their space laboratory called Columbus, where they would be melting and solidifying conductive metals, studying microgravity effects on single - celled organisms, investigating human balance disorders, and carrying out dozens of other experiments.

This investigation is led by a scientist from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Dr. Timothy Hammond, who is looking to study yeast cells in microgravity.

This protein crystal growth in microgravity may reveal new characteristics that are masked by gravity on Earth.

Blue Origin, an aerospace company based in Kent, Washington, and led by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is working on a rocket - propelled vehicle called New Shepard to carry people and microgravity experiments on suborbital trips into space.

Researchers led by the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University sought to determine how microgravity and micro-geomagnetic fields would affect the growth and regeneration of planarian flatworms (D. japonica) and whether any changes would persist after the worms returned to earth.

The Nature Communications study was inspired by simple experiments conducted in microgravity aboard the International Space Station.

The purpose of this study is to collect data on the viability of edible plants grown in microgravity, supporting further human space exploration by contributing to the future goal of maintaining an available supply of fresh produce for crew members.

By looking at the artifacts of astronauts — from their dining utensils and sleeping bags to their religious icons and family photos — these researchers hope to gain new insights into how astronauts of different backgrounds interact with each other, and how they adapt to life in microgravity.

Besides the Eureca programme, space missions dedicated to microgravity research have resumed using Spacelab, the laboratory built by ESA that fits in the shuttle's cargo bay.

Eureca, developed by the European Space Agency, highlights a dramatic change in fortune for the science of microgravity — the study of materials and living matter in an environment where the effects of gravity are small.

This was the International Microgravity Laboratory, IML1, a flight jointly sponsored by NASA and ESA.

Then the cucumber seedlings were either i) maintained in microgravity or ii) gravi - stimulated by applying a 1g centrifugal force for a further two hours.

The researchers, led by Hokkaido University Professor Emeritus Yoshinori Furukawa, hoped to use the microgravity conditions of space to accurately measure the normal growth rates of crystal faces, as convective flow does not occur in this environment.

To find out how bacteria behaves in the microgravity conditions of space, a team of researchers led by Luis Zea from the University of Colorado Boulder sent E. coli samples up to the ISS.

The Expedition 55 crew explored a wide variety of life science today studying how different biological systems are affected by long - term exposure to microgravity.

In a February 2012 study entitled, «Correcting magnesium deficiencies may prolong life (1)» - the International Space Station provided an extraordinary facility to study the accelerated aging process in microgravity, which could be triggered by significant reductions in magnesium (Mg) ion levels in the body.

Astronaut sleeping areas require good ventilation; in the microgravity environment exhaled carbon dioxide can pool around the sleeping astronaut's head if it is not pushed away by fresh air.