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Michael Scott Hopkins performs a microgravity experiment on the International Space Station

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Researchers collaborated to study how those microbes extract platinum group elements from a meteorite in microgravity, with an experiment conducted aboard the International Space Station.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Microbiology
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Academic focus: Biotechnologies for sustainable solutions in space and on Earth Research summary: In the coming decades, space exploration will take us beyond Earth’s orbit, demanding highly efficient closed-loop systems to reduce costs and...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering