Like dancers in a chorus line, atoms' movements become synchronized when lowered to extremely cold temperatures. To study this bizarre phenomenon, called a Bose-Einstein condensate, researchers need to cool atoms to a temperature ...
General Physics
Oct 20, 2014
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A research project 10 years in the making is now orbiting the Earth, much to the delight of its creator Rohit Trivedi, a senior metallurgist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. Equipment recently delivered ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 21, 2009
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Do we have enough fuel to get to our destination? This is probably one of the first questions that comes to mind whenever your family gets ready to embark on a road trip. If the trip is long, you will need to visit gas stations ...
Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2024
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Lettuce and other leafy green vegetables are part of a healthy, balanced diet—even for astronauts on a mission.
Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2024
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Mouse embryos have been grown on the International Space Station and developed normally in the first study indicating it could be possible for humans to reproduce in space, a group of Japanese scientists said.
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2023
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The bone density of astronauts—of both the human and rodent variety—decreases in space. Researchers report on April 19 in the journal Cell Reports that changes to the gut microbiomes of space travelers might be associated ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 19, 2023
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Produced inside NASA's Cold Atom Lab, ultracold bubbles provide new opportunities to experiment with an exotic state of matter.
Quantum Physics
May 18, 2022
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Microgravity in space perturbs human physiology and is detrimental for astronaut health, a fact first realized during early Apollo missions when astronauts experienced inner ear disturbances, heart arrhythmia, low blood pressure, ...
Space Exploration
Jun 7, 2021
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As part of preparing for an experiment aboard the International Space Station, researchers explored new ways to culture living heart cells for microgravity research. They found that cryopreservation, a process of storing ...
Space Exploration
May 28, 2021
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Living for nearly 2 months in simulated weightlessness has a modest but widespread negative effect on cognitive performance that may not be counteracted by short periods of artificial gravity, finds a new study published ...
Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2021
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