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Cedars-Sinai and Exobiosphere Partner to Launch Biomedical Research Aboard the Vast Haven-1 Space Station
Dec 12, 2025 (SPX)
The investigators want to study how the weakened gravitational pull in space affects the growth of organoids-small collections of cells that emulate the form an...
Wireless skull mounted device uses patterned light to send signals into the brain
Dec 09, 2025 (SPX)
The device builds on earlier wireless optogenetics technology from the same group, which used single micro LEDs to control neurons and influence social behavior...
Isolation and bed rest volunteers sought for future spaceflight research
Dec 08, 2025 (SPX)
Applications for SOLIS100 and SMC3 are open until 12 December 2025 via the website dlr-probandensuche.de. Candidates will pass through a multi stage medical and...
Space tested menstrual cup backs astronaut health on long missions
Dec 04, 2025 (SPX)
Coelho, a 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow in astronomy in Cornell Universitys College of Arts and Sciences and a fellow at the Carl Sagan Institute, leads Astro...
Worms to be sent to ISS for space medicine experiment in 2026
Nov 21, 2025 (SPX)
The Petri Pod consists of 12 experimental units, four of which can be imaged, and supports organisms such as C-Elegans Nematode Worms, which have fluorescent ma...
New Structures Could Keep Astronauts Fit During Long Missions
Nov 10, 2025 (SPX)
From muscle atrophy to bone loss, astronauts face a number of health risks while in space. It's easy to understand why. The human body relies on Earth's gravity...
Most astronauts aboard ISS suffer from sinonasal congestion, study finds
Nov 08, 2025 (SPX)
A collaborative study between Texas A and M University's School of Engineering Medicine (EnMed) and Houston Methodist Hospital's Department of Otolaryngology - ...
A new patch could help to heal the heart
Nov 06, 2025 (SPX)
MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to help promote healing and regeneration of car...
Zuckerbergs put AI at heart of pledge to cure diseases
Nov 06, 2025 (AFP)
The move narrows the focus of the philanthropic organization founded in 2015 with a vow to devote most of the couple's significant wealth to charitable causes, ...
Protein Production Tested in Microgravity for Sustainable Space Missions
Nov 04, 2025 (SPX)
Funded by ESA's Terrae Novae Exploration Programme, HOBI-WAN (Hydrogen Oxidizing Bacteria In Weightlessness As a source of Nutrition) will test Solar Foods' gas...
Mission to Mars: how space exploration pushes the human body to its limits
Nov 02, 2025 (SPX)
That mission will last around three years and cover hundreds of millions of kilometres. The crew will face radiation, isolation, weightlessness and confinement,...
New JAXA HTV-X Cargo Vehicle Launches with Over 20 Research Projects for the International Space Station
Oct 31, 2025 (SPX)
On its first journey, the HTV-X is transporting more than 20 projects sponsored by the ISS National Lab. Among these, over 15 projects will utilize the Material...
Men show significant ocular changes after space travel
Oct 30, 2025 (SPX)
Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome, especially globe flattening - a compression at the back of the eyeball - was the leading ocular change. This pheno...
New UCF Center Accelerates Research and Clinical Innovation in Space Medicine
Oct 29, 2025 (SPX)
Two specialists in aerospace medicine have recently joined the College of Medicine faculty as part of the new Center for Aerospace and Extreme Environments Medi...
The Zero-Effort Lifestyle: How Tech Makes Life Seamless
Oct 29, 2025 (SPX)
We can find the best no verification casinos and start playing ASAP, or browse our refrigerator's contents and even get a suggestion for a quick dinner. We use ...
Metamaterial spinal implant from Pitt sends wireless signals to track healing with no batteries
Oct 28, 2025 (SPX)
The transdisciplinary project, Wireless Metamaterial Interbody Cage for Real-Time Assessment of Lumbar Spinal Fusion In Vivo, could make spinal fusion recovery ...
Spider-inspired robot navigates gut terrain to transform gastrointestinal care
Oct 21, 2025 (SPX)
The magnetically driven robot, designed to operate in confined and complex spaces, can move in any direction-including upside down-inside the stomach and intest...
A hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy of space immunology
Oct 17, 2025 (SPX)
To better understand the full scope of immunology during spaceflight, Buck Associate Professor Dan Winer, MD working with colleagues linked to the National Aero...
Second Resupply Mission Approaches ISS as Crew Advances Biomedical Studies
Sep 17, 2025 (SPX)
Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL is en route to the station carrying over 11,000 pounds of experiments and hardware. After lifting off from Cape Canavera...
UC3M research team advances astronaut health protection in microgravity
Sep 17, 2025 (SPX)
The team tested an advanced countermeasure known as Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP), which applies suction to the legs to encourage fluid redistribution awa...
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