Scientists can study protein solutions without interference from container walls and gravity driven forces present on Earth using the space station’s Ring Sheared Drop module.
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Offworld Biomedical Research Inside A Microgravity Science Glovebox
NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Jonny Kim conducts research operations inside the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station.
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Tricorder And Replicator Tech: 3D Printing Components For A Portable Mass Spectrometer
Editor’s note: you are on a mission to explore a new world. While you are out on an Away Mission one of your instruments breaks , wears out, or otherwise […]
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Offworld Biotech: 3D Bioprinting On The International Space Station
Imagine someone needs a heart transplant and scientists take cells from that person to create an entire new heart for them. Research on the International Space Station is helping to […]
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Offworld Life Science Research: Fixing A Bioprinter In Space
NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O’Hara uses a portable glovebag to replace components on a biological printer, the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), that is testing the printing of […]
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Tricorder Tech: 3D Printed Compact Imaging Platform Validated for Space Research with C. elegans
In this newly published article, Dr. Siva Vanapalli of Texas Tech University reports on the testing and performance of a 3D printed compact imaging platform (CIP) that is integrated with […]