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Papers deriving from NASA support:

  1. Dickerson BL, Gonzalez DE, Comfort P, Hardy JG, Hines KE, Anderson DN, Macaulay TR, Stankovic A, Twine CA.Spaceflight human optimization and performance: Positioning astronauts in an operational framework to promote health, fitness, and mission readiness.Front Physiol. 2026 Sep 20;17:1950155. Review.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 4.3

    Funding: J.G. Hardy, T.R. Macaulay, D.N. Anderson, and C.A. Twine are affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center.
  2. Madrid Fuentes DA, Sawires MS, Lenchik L, Tooze JA, Weaver AA.Quantitative MRI changes in neck muscle size and composition following long-duration spaceflight.Exp Physiol. 2026 Sep 24. Online ahead of print.PI: A.A. WeaverNote: From the introduction: “The aim of this study was primarily to investigate the effect of long duration spaceflight on change in neck muscle size and composition of crewmembers undergoing missions of 6+ month duration in the last decade. Secondarily, we aimed to examine the association between changes in neck musculature and in-flight exercise modality and volume.” This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 3.0

    Funding: “This work was supported by NASA (Grant No.NNX16AP89G). D.A.M. was supported by theFulbright Foreign Student Program during thedata analysis.”
  3. Fincke T, Smith SM, Crucian B, Douglas GL, Estep P, Garbino A, Gillman P, Hew M, Oswald T, Rapley S, Young M, Zwart SR.Characterization of metabolic changes and adaptive remodeling during a hypobaric hypoxic exploration atmosphere environment.Front Physiol. 2026 Sep 7;17:1839091.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 4.3

    Funding: “This chamber study, conducted as a program-level assessment, received funding from NASA’s Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program (EHP). Funding for the biosample analysis was provided by the NASA Human Research Program’s Human Health Countermeasures Element.”
  4. Dalouchi F, Higgins L, Alwood JS, Ronca AE, Chakravarthi VP, Christenson LK.Impact of simulated galactic cosmic radiation exposure on ovarian follicle development in mice.npj Microgravity. 2026 Sep 17. Early access article.PIs: J.S. Alwood, A.E. Ronca, L.K. ChristensonNote: This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 5.1

    Funding: “Grant Support: P20 GM103418 K-INBRE grant, NASA-80NSSC24M0072, and NASA-80JSC018N0001 NASA Human Research Program VNSCOR grant. We would like to acknowledge the staff at Brookhaven National Laboratories and the NASA Space Radiation Lab, the animal handling staff at Brookhaven Laboratory Animal Facility and at Life Source Biomedical at NASA Ames Research Center. We thank Susanna Rosi, Larry Sanford, Richard Britten, Thomas Williams, Alexandra Whitmire, and Ajitkumar Mulavara for helpful and strategic discussions as part of the HRP VNSCOR development. We would also like to thank Drs. Candice Tahimic, Amber Paul, Siddhita Mhatre, JananiIyer, Yasaman Shirazi and Steffy Tabares Ruiz for their support of the irradiations and dissections.”
  5. Lytle JR, Carter KJ, Pickering SK, O’Grady CS, Moestl S, Tank J, Diedrich A, Young M, Macias BR, Laurie SS, Lee SMC.Sex difference in orthostatic tolerance during simulated partial gravity head-up tilts and efficacy of a lower body compression garment countermeasure.J Appl Physiol (1985). 2026 Sep 17. Online ahead of print.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 3.7

    Funding: “This work was funded by the NASA Human Research Program Human Health and Countermeasures Element.”
  6. Bäcker C, Beyer K, Strunz WT.Quantum memory precludes mixed-unitary dynamics.Phys Rev Res. 2026 Sep 8;8(3):033288.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 4

    Funding: “C.B. acknowledges support by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. K.B. acknowledges support by the NSF under Award No. 2239498, NASA under Award No. 80NSSC25K7051, and the Sloan Foundation under Award No. G-2023-21102. The Article Processing Charges were funded by the joint publication funds of the TU Dresden and the SLUB Dresden as well as the Open Access Publication Funding of the DFG.”
  7. Carmignani L, Bhattacharjee S, Kaplan S, Ferkul PV, Olson SL.Quiescent flame spread and extinction over acrylic sheets in microgravity at increased oxygen concentration.Proc Combust Inst. 2026 Sep 15;42:106484.PI: S. BhattacharjeeNote: This article may be obtained online without charge.

    Journal Impact Factor: 4.6

    Funding: “The authors would like to thank Dennis Stocker from NASA Glenn Research Center for serving as contract monitor, and astronauts Jeanette Epps, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, and Nick Hague for their assistance during the experiments operations. This work was funded by NASA Grant 80NSSC21K1126.”
  8. Kim J, Lee S, Kim S-M, Mudawar I.A symbolic regression-based correlation for the heat transfer coefficient of saturated flow boiling in mini/micro-channels.Applied Thermal Engineering. 2026 Oct;307:133210.PI: I. MudawarJournal Impact Factor: 7.5

    Funding: “The authors are grateful for financial support through the Technology Development Program (S3471674) funded by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS, Korea), and acknowledge the support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under grant no. 80NSSC22K0328.”
  9. Nguyen A-H, Li V, Chen W-M, Kimberg J, Davis AJ, McFadden DG, Povedano JM.Ultramutagenesis through combined Msh2 depletion and proofreading-deficient DNA polymerase ε expression enhances small-molecule target identification in forward genetic screens.ACS Chem Biol. 2026 Sep 11.PI: A.J. DavisJournal Impact Factor: 3.6

    Funding: “D.G.M. was supported by NIH U54CA231649 and NIH UM1CA294119. A.J.D. was supported by a Department of Energy DE-SC0025578, NIH/NINDS R01NS133439, NIH/NCI R01CA276058, and NASA 80NSSC23K1018.”

Other papers of interest:

  1. Lazow S, Brane L, Kelly E, Kamine T.Terrestrial trauma systems in support of human spaceflight.J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Sep 21. Review. Online ahead of print.
  2. Zhang L, Yin Y, Li R, Wang G, Li L, Yu Y, Lu W.Space radiation health risks to hematopoietic, neural, and gastrointestinal systems in astronauts.Front Public Health. 2026 Sep 6;14:1926972.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  3. Zheng J, Shah J, Pathuri S, Ong J, Lee AG.Artificial intelligence for in-flight detection of space-related ocular trauma: Bridging diagnostic gaps in microgravity.Vision (Basel). 2026 Aug 25;10(4):59. Review.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  4. Rogge R.The now: A journey through space.In: Rogge R, ed. A (little) Space for Everyone: An Astronaut’s Thoughts on Robots, Exploration and the Meaning of It All. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2027. p. 47-136.
  5. Khan SA, Karim A, Ahmad F, Rawas-Qalaji M, Qaisar R.Curcumin-loaded nanoparticles ameliorate hepatotoxicity induced by combined hypoxia and simulated microgravity in a murine model.Life Sci Space Res. 2026 Sep 20. Online ahead of print.Note: From the abstract: “Hindlimb unloading (HU) and hypoxia can cause liver injury due to body fluid shifts and impaired oxygenation. Curcumin nanoparticles have shown immense therapeutic potential by modulating biological responses. We examined the therapeutic effects of curcumin nanoparticles on hepatocyte size, fat accumulation, and the associated molecular mechanisms.”
  6. Chowdhury MFI, Yazdani A, Iqbal A, Rahman A, Saeed TS, Saeed MR, Askar A, Abraham JM, Harmon JW.Transfection of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in wound healing: A systematic review.J Surg Res. 2026 Sep 17;327:66-74.Note: From the abstract: “Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) has emerged as a promising target for enhancing wound healing. Here, we conducted a systematic review to evaluate the efficacy of HIF-1α in improving wound healing.” This article may be obtained online without charge.
  7. Kanellakopoulos N, Patel M, Sato B, Lawrence M, Ristroph L, Zidovska A.The effect of microgravity and flows on the organization and dynamics of the human genome.Sci Adv. 2026 Sep 25;12(39):eaeh3116.Note: A random positioning machine was used in this study to simulate microgravity. This article may be obtained online without charge.
  8. Kim DW.Animal-assisted resilience in space exploration: A human factors approach to astronaut behavioral health.Front Psychol. 2026 Sep 2;17:1861615.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  9. Singhal M, Saikia B, Sarma A, Malviya A, Lynser D, Gupta R.Effect of exercise on coronary hemodynamics under the Earth’s gravity and microgravity conditions: A CFD study.Int J Numer Method Biomed Eng. 2026 Sep 20;42(9):e70216.
  10. Wu L, Zheng K, Yu B, Gao B, Xiao P, Wang S, Li Y, Liu R, Zhang X, Li M, Cui CP, Tian W, Yu X.Autoantibody reactome profiling reveals distinct humoral immune signatures induced by simulated microgravity, radiation and combined exposure in mice.Mol Cell Proteomics. 2026 Sep 18;101665. Online ahead of print.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
  11. Vellichirammal NN, Fatanmi OO, Wise SY, Carpenter AD, Mingus R, Petrus SA, Hauer-Jensen M, Singh VK.Serum microRNA analysis of nonhuman primates prophylaxed with gamma-tocotrienol and exposed to total- or partial-body radiation.Radiat Res. 2026 Aug 27. Online ahead of print.
  12. Whittaker S, De Bruyker I, Hemanth N, Deymier AC.Alendronate alters mineral composition and has potential to restore enthesis strength without preventing trabecular bone loss during unloading of the supraspinatus enthesis.Bone. 2027 Jan;214:118098.

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