Sentences with phrase «new microgravity»

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.

Not exact matches

Companies developing things that could benefit from experiments in microgravity, such as biotechnology and new materials, are not flying them currently because they would need to wait years and pay a high price to put them on the ISS, says Gold.

A new robotic gripping tool based on gecko feet can grab hold of floating objects in microgravity.

IT»S A BIRD, IT»S A PLANE Aaron Parness of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory does his «best Superman» to grab a floating cube with a new gecko gripper — inspired hand in a microgravity plane.

Eighth graders at Pennsauken Phifer Middle School in New Jersey will examine the growth rate in microgravity of penicillium, which future astronauts could grow as an antibiotic to treat infections.

Milton L. Olive Middle School in New York evaluates the effectiveness of a commercial spray corrosion inhibitor, Rust - Oleum's «Stops Rust,» in microgravity.

The shuttle mission this weekend will also deploy the European Space Agency's Eureca satellite, the world's first reusable satellite for studying the effects of microgravity (see «Making the most of weightlessness», New Scientist, 11 July).

A new study launched aboard SpaceX's fifth commercial resupply services (CRS) mission to the space station examines the reparative processes of flatworms 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.

A new paper in the journal npj Microgravity explores the options for astronauts who want to prevent menstrual bleeding during their space missions.

A set of crucial immunity genes do not turn on in a simulated microgravity environment, suggest the results of a new study.

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.

Blue Origin intends to use the New Shepard vehicle for suborbital space tourism and as a microgravity science laboratory.

NASA is also developing two new space laboratories dedicated to microgravity research.

Another experiment that works particularly well in microgravity is protein crystallization, which researchers use to reveal protein structure and design new pharmaceuticals.

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

This investigation also determines the feasibility of developing improved pharmaceuticals in microgravity using a new method to test the metabolic impacts of drug compounds.

A new study from the ESA has looked at how seedlings handle microgravity.

MRI scans done on more than 20 astronauts reveal new results on how microgravity can affect the human brain.

As a new extension of our CLOµDS teacher professional development program, we've recently initiated a club at Trenton Central High School that gives students the opportunity to build an experiment that will be performed in microgravity.

In - space fabrication will be getting an update with a brand new HP 3D printer made for microgravity, but also an experiment in sintering - based additive manufacturing.