February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
... and space architecture. [12] Its interdisciplinary nature supports Descartes’ initial claim for a ‘unity of the sciences’. Combining discovery-led knowledge production with scientific methods fulfils the desire for fundamental understanding, which...
February 2016
Data Systems to Support Early Warning of Spaceborne Emergency Situations
... and it is essential to create a data analysis system that would automatically process large amounts of incoming data from combined monitoring of near-Earth space and early warnings systems. Such a system would integrate a number of data factors...
March 2016
Saving Earth from an Expanding Sun
... nanotubes may make space elevators a reality. Let’s combine these concepts and imagine a space elevator that is electrically ...increment of orbital change are permanent. Of course, some combination of these methods might serve the purposes of our descendants...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
...environmental impact of space missions. The dramatic decrease in the amount of required and transported raw materials combined with process speed optimisation, enables the AM route to decrease energy consumption and reduce CO2 footprint. As recycling...
July 2016
Plasma Crystals - from space research to medicine on Earth and back to space again
.... No negative side effects reported. Figure 7: Combination therapy of LN18 Glioblastoma cells - using TMZ and...cells (to about 45 per cent) as seen in column three. Combined treatment gives an added effect - reduction of tumour cell viability to ...
August 2016
Long-term spaceflight and microbiological safety issues
... chemical compounds. Coming into contact with different materials, some microflora, most often bacterial and fungal combinations, adapt quickly to new environments and commence their vital life activities, which may include aggressive metabolic...
