If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...

NASA is looking for new providers to supply low-gravity parabolic flights for spaceflight training and scientific research.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cancer cells are more hardy in the low-gravity conditions of space. koto_feja/iStock via Getty Images Plus As space travel gains ...

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have completed a spaceflight biology investigation aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that reveals how microgravity fundamentally ...

Starlab Space LLC, the commercial space station developer expanding access to low Earth orbit research, today announced a ...

The companies believe their alliance represents a 'significant advancement in 3D bioprinting and biofabrication in orbit.' ...

Bacteria incubated with bacteriophages in space accumulated distinct mutations compared to those on Earth, highlighting the ...

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have revolutionized cancer therapy due to their ability to specifically target tumor cells while sparing healthy ones. These biologics have become indispensable in ...

Sarcopenia, which is a progressive and extensive decline in muscle mass and strength, is common with aging and is estimated to affect up to 50% of people aged 80 and older. It can lead to disability ...

Even the simplest laboratory tasks on Earth rely on gravity, but in space, they can quickly become complex, astronaut ...

Ants in space is not the premise for the latest Dreamworks film, but for an experiment carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Eight colonies of common ants were flown up to the ISS ...

Some of the first experiments in space dealt with gravity and weightlessness. They were somewhat simple studies to test the new environment. Alan Shepard was the first man to hit a golf ball on the ...