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November 27, 2017

The Little Furnace That Could: Using Space to Improve Radiation Detection

Everything around you emits radiation—from the bananas in your kitchen, to cosmic rays from space, to the piece of paper (or...

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October 27, 2017

On the Frontier of Space: Looking Outward to Better Understand the Universe Around Us

The ISS National Lab is an outpost on the frontier of space. It is a point from which we can peer out into the undiscovered...

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October 26, 2017

Microbes in Microgravity: Analyzing Gene Expression to Better Understand Bacterial Behavior...

By observing the health of astronauts that travel into space, scientists have learned that microgravity has important effects on...

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October 26, 2017

Pushing Research to New Heights: Innovative Research at the ISS R&D Conference

CASIS President and Executive Director Greg Johnson welcomes investigators from academic, commercial, and governmental...

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NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams conducts operations for the WetLab 2 validation study aboard the space station.

October 25, 2017

WetLab-2: Transforming the ISS into a Living Laboratory

To study gene expression in a ground-based molecular biology lab, researchers utilize a whole lab bench of tools and equipment....

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October 25, 2017

The ISS and Household Products: How P&G is Using Space to Improve Customer Experience

In an era of increasing commercial innovation in space, many big-name companies are taking to the skies to explore how...

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October 24, 2017

Launching a Dream: Exploring DNA in Space

After years of imagining and months of preparation, New York high school student Anna-Sophia Boguraev watched in amazement as...

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October 24, 2017

Gravity Incarnate: Bone Health and Physical Force

The human body, while often glorified in artistry for its aesthetics, is nonetheless a type of organic machinery—and like all...

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NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Terry Virts conduct rodent research investigations within the Microgravity Science Glovebox and the Rodent Habitat Module onboard the ISS

October 23, 2017

Rodent Rocket Research: Biomedical Discovery in Space

Rodents have been traveling to space since the 1950s, helping to pave the way for humans to safely venture off our planet. Since...

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Anna Lisa Paul and Rob Ferl in the University of Florida Space Plants Lab.

October 23, 2017

Staying True to Your Roots: Plants on the ISS

Earth and its inhabitants have changed over time. One constant, though, has been gravity. Plants on Earth evolved in...

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October 23, 2017

View From the Cupola: Kenneth Savin

You have got to be kidding! That is all I could think two and a half years ago when I got off the phone with members of the...

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October 23, 2017

View From the Cupola: Greg Johnson

After the completion of another record year, the ISS U.S. National Laboratory continues to expand the frontiers of science in...

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