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The plans for an international space station, long distance space travel (perhaps to Mars), and the potential for commercial production of ultra pure silicon or polymer crystals are what make these topics of current relevance. The program includes topics such as transport in biological systems (relevant to bone loss associated with long-duration space travel), acoustic levitation, electromagnetic phenomena, crystal growth, protein crystallization, and boiling. ... Read more

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Univ. of California, San Diego at La Jolla. Reference provides comprehensive coverage of the behavior of the lung in the presence and absence of gravity. Emphasizes the effect of gravity on the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and lymphatic systems. ... Read more

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University of Manchester, U.K. Advanced clinical research on the effect of weightlessness on those in space. For investigators. Originally an internal critical review of the field for the European Space Agency. 17 contributors, 1 U.S. ... Read more

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The proceedings of STAIF-05 feature a broad spectrum of topics on space science and technology, space exploration, space colonization; advanced propulsion concepts; space nuclear power and propulsion systems technologies; thermophysics in microgravity, advanced energy conversion technologies; next generation space transportation; high temperature materials; and high power electric propulsion. These topics span the range from basic research to the recent technology advances and hardware testing.

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This book provides an introduction to understanding combustion, the burning of a substance that produces heat and often light, in microgravity environments-i.e., environments with very low gravity such as outer space. Readers are presented with a compilation of worldwide findings from fifteen years of research and experimental tests in various low-gravity environments, including drop towers, aircraft, and space.

Microgravity Combustion is unique in that no other book reviews low- gravity combustion research in such a comprehensive manner. It provides an excellent introduction for those researching in the fields of combustion, aerospace, and fluid and thermal sciences.

*An introduction to the progress made in understanding combustion in a microgravity environment
*Experimental, theoretical and computational findings of current combustion research
*Tutorial concepts, such as scaling analysis
*Worldwide microgravity research findings ... Read more

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Proceedings of the Conference on Thermophysics in Microgravity, Conference on Innovative Transportation Systems for Exploration of the Solar System and Beyond, 19th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion. ... Read more

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Physics of Fluids in Microgravity provides a clear view of the latest research and progress in the different fields of fluid research in space at the beginning of the International Space Station Era. The topics presented include bubbles and drops dynamics, Marangoni flows, diffusion and thermodiffusion, solidification and crystal growth. The results obtained so far are, in some cases, to be confirmed by extensive research activities on the International Space Station, where basic and applied microgravity experimentation will take place in the years to come. ... Read more

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For space manufacturing
If manufacturing in space is ever to be practical, we are going to need serious and extensive research in how fluids (liquids and gases) behave under conditions of microgravity. Which is why this book is important.

It details the boundaries of our knowledge in this field. And it comes at an important time. When the International Space Station looks like becoming established in a few years time. One of the justifications for the station was to expand vastly our knowledge of how indeed fluids will behave.

The book's discussion seems comprehensive. Undoubtedly, the editor must hope that it rapidly becomes outdated! ... Read more

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Multiphase thermal systems have numerous applications in aerospace, heat-exchange, transport of contaminants in environmental systems, and energy transport and conversion systems. A reduced - or microgravity - environment provides an excellent tool for accurate study of the flow without the masking effects of gravity. This book presents for the first time a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of two-phase flow behaviour in the virtual absence of gravity.

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This digital document is an article from Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World, published by Thomson Gale on October 1, 2006. The length of the article is 698 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Lab-on-a-chip biosensor: studying cells in outer-space-like microgravity.
Author: Michelle (Micky) Creech
Publication: Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 13Issue: 8Page: 9(2)

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Microgravity," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Microgravity in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Microgravity when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Microgravity, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more