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Integrated research framework for the CADMUS investigation. Image credit: T. Driskell, PI.
Integrated research framework for the CADMUS investigation. Image credit: T. Driskell, PI.
The commercial-grade Leg Dexterity System. The leg dexterity device (on the left) consists of a platform mounted on a slender spring that buckles at very low forces. A tablet computer provides visual feedback during the sensorimotor test. Image credit: F. Valero-Cuervas, PI.
A seated or prone participant bends their knee to 90° and uses one foot to compress the platform. As the platform becomes unstable, the participant engages their cortical, subcortical, and spinal sensorimotor circuitry to stabilize the emerging dynamic foot-ground interactions. The greatest amount o...
3D reconstructions of "menisci" from the knees of mice. The investigation noted thinning and degradation of "menisci" from the knees of mice after spaceflight. This was compared to ground-based studies of hindlimb unloading, in which we see the same type of loss (vs mice on the ground) as we see in...
Inage Credit: S. Yun, PI.
Top – Temperature-time plots for barium titanate sample in Materials Development Inc (MDI) ground-based lab. Bottom – Left to right: sample preparation station showing reagent, laser hearth plate and several compositions ready for processing, a sample being heated in the laser hearth melter and a...
A melanized fungus called Aspergillus niger (right) and a melanin defective mutant (left) grow on an agar plate at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 2019. The fungal biology research team at NRL uses Aspergillus niger to study the roles of melanin and DNA repair ...
The launch of the 20 mice to space from Kennedy Space Center on June 29th, 2018 is shown at the bottom. Image Credit: F. Turek, PI.
The Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment (IDGE), flown on three Space Shuttle missions, used transparent organic liquids that form dendrites (treelike structures) similar to those inside metal alloys. Comparing Earth-based and space-based dendrite growth velocity, tip size, and shape provides a be...
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