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Microgravity 101
What is microgravity? How does it differ from zero-G? And why do researchers go to space just to study things floating in it? Here's a beginner’s guide to the physics and value of microgravity.
Fluids don’t behave the same way(no convection, no sedimentation) Cells grow differently(cytoskeletons, morphology, gene expression) Combustion is strange(flames are spherical, oxygen diffuses differently) Crystals form more perfectly(used in pharma, protein crystallization) Microgravity is a unique experimental condition It can reveal behaviors masked by Earth gravity It can enable new classes of experiments, materials, and medicines ❌ “Microgravity doesn’t affect experiments much.” ✅ It can profoundly change fluid behavior, biology, and crystal formation.
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