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Press Release January 18, 2016
How Mold on Space Station Flowers is Helping Get Us to Mars
What may seem like a failure in systems is actually an exceptional opportunity for scientists back on Earth to better understand how plants grow in microgravity
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Press Release December 24, 2015
Precision Immunization: NASA Studies Immune Response to Flu Vaccine in Space and on Earth
NASA Human Research Program Twins Study investigator Emmanuel Mignot, M.D., Ph.D, known for discovering the cause of narcolepsy is related to the immune system, is studying twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly.
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Press Release December 17, 2015
An Unlikely Pair of Satellites
Despite a long-standing if friendly rivalry, students from Texas A&M University and The University of Texas came together for the LONESTAR investigation.
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Press Release December 4, 2015
"Never Stop Striving For Success," Says City Business Solutions
Inspired by Elon Musk's Company of the Year 2015 nomination by Inc.com, City Business Solutions promotes the importance of the notion to never stop learning and striving for success.
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Press Release December 2, 2015
Getting Into the Flow on the International Space Station
The Packed Bed Reactor Experiment (PBRE) is a basic science investigation designed to fill in the missing information as to how two-phase mixtures flow through porous media in microgravity.
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Press Release November 19, 2015
Gravity, Who Needs It?
NASA Studies Your Body in Space
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Press Release November 10, 2015
Dark Matter and Particle Acceleration in Near Space
A new space telescope will soon peer into the darkness of "near space" (within a few thousand light years of Earth) to seek answers related to the field of high-energy astrophysics.
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Press Release October 29, 2015
Space Station Investigation Goes With the Flow
The Drain Brain investigation measured the blood flow from the brain to the heart of one crew member to help researchers better understand how the flow is affected by microgravity.
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Press Release October 21, 2015
Journaling: Astronauts Chronicle Missions
Like most explorers, today's astronauts journal through their missions
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Press Release October 16, 2015
Clearing the Space Fog
The term "space fog" refers not to water droplets blocking the view in space, but rather a phenomenon affecting the mental abilities of astronauts. Those who have spent time on the space station coined the term to describe difficulty concentrating.
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Press Release October 13, 2015
What Happens When Your Brain Can't Tell Which Way is Up?
An investigation on the International Space Station seeks to understand how the brain changes in space and ways to deal with those changes.
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Press Release September 30, 2015
Walk the Line
NASA Studies Physical Performance After Spaceflight
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Press Release September 30, 2015
Learning How Muscle Cells Feel the Pull of Gravity
An investigation on the International Space Station to learn more about exactly how cells sense gravity could help scientists figure out ways to prevent that muscle loss, in space and on Earth.
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Press Release September 30, 2015
Sequencing DNA in the Palm of Your Hand
A tiny new device called the MinION , developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, promises to help scientists sequence DNA in space. NASA's Biomolecule Sequencer investigation is a technology demonstration of the device.
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Press Release September 28, 2015
Keeping Cells in Good Shape
An experiment aboard the International Space Station looked at how cells change shape in microgravity and the ways those changes affect their function.
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Press Release September 28, 2015
Flu Shot in Space May Help Us Understand Changes in Astronauts' Immune Systems
The Immunome Changes in Space investigation will look at how an astronaut's immune system changes in response to acute and prolonged exposure to microgravity and other spaceflight stressors.
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Press Release September 22, 2015
10 to 1: Bugs Win in NASA Study
One-Year Mission Video Miniseries Highlights Microbes
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Press Release September 21, 2015
Living in Space - and on Earth - is a Balancing Act
According to doctors, sometimes the best treatment for what ails you is rest. A new joint investigation by NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) may challenge that notion.
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Press Release September 8, 2015
Benefits For Humanity: From NASA to Napa
From the microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station to the microclimates of the Napa Valley, station research impacts many different industries on Earth.
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Press Release August 25, 2015
NASA is Laser-focused on Deep Space Communication
Researchers for the Comm Delay Assessment investigation set out to determine whether communication delays, like those astronauts could experience on a long-duration mission to an asteroid or to Mars, will result in impacts to performance.
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