October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... space vehicle), manipulating robot arms and carrying out scientific experiments. The experiments include protein crystallization, which is expected to be very valuable for medicine. It will enable us study the detailed structure of proteins so that...
June 2016
A new microgravity research facility for Central Texas and beyond
... such as biology, medicine as well as fundamental physics conducting experiments in microgravity. In example new insights about crystal formation were gained, which can be applied to the development of innovative medication or microchip manufacturing...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
...successful discoveries in space and microgravity research connected to life sciences It was found that as the size of the crystals grew and quality improved, and a higher resolution to analyse the protein became available, which subsequently resulted...
March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... with luminescent piping as in astronaut suits, outwear with embroideries like space debris, leather jackets decorated with crystals, jeans with imprinted entire constellations, sneakers with lunar landing soles. “The Versace man has always...
November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
... destination. But this method is currently no more viable than warp drives, because freezing cells creates ice crystals which break down cell walls as they expand (a phenomenon called vitrification), reducing the body to useless mush...
July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
..., combustion and heat transfer and miniaturisation (fusion, solidification, semi and supra-conductors, ceramics, crystals, metallisation, microfilms, emulsion, etc.) and new possibilities in variable control or new fields of technological innovation...
