This review finds that short-term simulated microgravity offers a novel, non-invasive approach to treating degenerative disc disease (DDD) and aiding sports recovery. It works by rehydrating discs, ...

Simulated effects of microgravity significantly affect rhythmicity and sleep in humans, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Such disturbances could negatively affect the physiology and ...

Research on microbial responses to simulated microgravity has revealed profound alterations in growth, metabolism, gene expression and community dynamics. In space environments, the modified ...

Deep space is most likely going to be humanity’s final frontier, and space travel will undoubtedly become much more common in the future. However, space is a very hostile environment not only because ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A four-legged robot named Olympus was "mounted upside down to a floating platform at the European Space Agency’s ORBIT facility," ...

Infectious microbes have evolved sophisticated means to invade host cells, outwit the body’s defenses and cause disease. While researchers have tried to puzzle out the complicated interactions between ...

Researching the immune system in space could have payoffs for human aging on earth. Scientists have revealed how the lack of gravity affects the cells of the immune system at single cell resolution.

Microgravity offers a disruptive environment for drug discovery by removing convection and sedimentation. This enables higher-quality protein crystals, more physiologically relevant 3D cell cultures, ...