Microgravidade

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Rice in space becomes a scientific bet for China to understand how microgravity can alter the genetics of the most important grain for Asian food security and reveal if future generations of the plant can be born, grow, and maintain their biological identity away from Earth.

Caio Aviz 27/05/2026 at 01:29

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Manufacturing medicines in space is no longer fiction: pharmaceutical companies join forces to crystallize drugs in microgravity and transform orbital capsules into pharmaceutical laboratories

Ana Alice 19/05/2026 at 23:03

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4 astronauts carried “organs-on-a-chip” made with their own cells beyond low Earth orbit, as NASA tries to discover how deep-space radiation and microgravity can attack the heart, lungs, liver, and brain before a mission to Mars.

Valdemar Medeiros 11/05/2026 at 13:17

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While space weakens the hearts of astronauts, scientists discover that human mini-hearts grow better in microgravity and could pave the way for heart tissues produced off-Earth.

Ana Alice 09/05/2026 at 19:28

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NASA placed 11 deaf men in centrifuges, free-fall airplanes, and extreme tests to solve one of the biggest problems of space travel.

Ana Alice 03/05/2026 at 10:53

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During space missions, NASA confirms that astronauts’ skin ages faster and wounds heal worse.

Alisson Ficher 24/04/2026 at 13:59

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Astronauts can grow in space, but the effect is concerning: the spine stretches, back pain appears early, and NASA fears injuries to the discs precisely at the most critical moment of returning to gravity.

Valdemar Medeiros 24/04/2026 at 08:32

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Astronauts who lived in space experienced accelerated bone loss, bones can “melt” in microgravity, and scientists warn that the problem may be closer than previously thought and could jeopardize missions to Mars.

Felipe Alves da Silva 22/04/2026 at 18:27

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Astronauts who returned from space developed kidney stones, remodeled renal tubules, and show risks that could hinder human travel to Mars.

Alisson Ficher 22/04/2026 at 13:42

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A mini laboratory will go outside the ISS for 15 weeks to measure, in real time, the effects of microgravity and radiation on a model organism, generating data that can guide biological protection and health in long space travel.

Carla Teles 16/04/2026 at 02:54

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The Brain Does Not Float Intact in Space. Deformations Observed in Astronauts Force Reassessment of Long Missions and Place Mars in a New Scientific Perspective

Noel Budeguer 20/02/2026 at 13:52

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Federal Institute Will Pay R$ 30,000 for Men to Lie Down for 10 Days While Consuming Only 250 Calories a Day in France

Alisson Ficher 12/02/2026 at 17:42

Rice in space becomes a scientific bet for China to understand how microgravity can alter the genetics of the most important grain for Asian food security and reveal if future generations of the plant can be born, grow, and maintain their biological identity away from Earth.

Manufacturing medicines in space is no longer fiction: pharmaceutical companies join forces to crystallize drugs in microgravity and transform orbital capsules into pharmaceutical laboratories

4 astronauts carried “organs-on-a-chip” made with their own cells beyond low Earth orbit, as NASA tries to discover how deep-space radiation and microgravity can attack the heart, lungs, liver, and brain before a mission to Mars.

While space weakens the hearts of astronauts, scientists discover that human mini-hearts grow better in microgravity and could pave the way for heart tissues produced off-Earth.

NASA placed 11 deaf men in centrifuges, free-fall airplanes, and extreme tests to solve one of the biggest problems of space travel.

During space missions, NASA confirms that astronauts’ skin ages faster and wounds heal worse.

Astronauts can grow in space, but the effect is concerning: the spine stretches, back pain appears early, and NASA fears injuries to the discs precisely at the most critical moment of returning to gravity.

Astronauts who lived in space experienced accelerated bone loss, bones can “melt” in microgravity, and scientists warn that the problem may be closer than previously thought and could jeopardize missions to Mars.

Astronauts who returned from space developed kidney stones, remodeled renal tubules, and show risks that could hinder human travel to Mars.

A mini laboratory will go outside the ISS for 15 weeks to measure, in real time, the effects of microgravity and radiation on a model organism, generating data that can guide biological protection and health in long space travel.

The Brain Does Not Float Intact in Space. Deformations Observed in Astronauts Force Reassessment of Long Missions and Place Mars in a New Scientific Perspective

Federal Institute Will Pay R$ 30,000 for Men to Lie Down for 10 Days While Consuming Only 250 Calories a Day in France

The end of Nokia: the brand that was the cellphone of an entire generation has ended its smartphones, left Brazil, and today survives only in basic phones in India while seeking a new partner.

Dissatisfied with seeing people sleeping on the street, a man named Ryan Donais started building small mobile homes so that homeless people can escape the cold, each equipped with a bed, running water, electricity, and heating.

Cambodia has started digging a nearly 180-kilometer canal to connect the Mekong River directly to the sea and reduce its dependence on the ports of neighboring Vietnam.

China has put millions of electric cars on the roads, but now faces the side effect: more than 1 million tons of batteries are expected to go out of use per year by 2030, while the government expands tracking and combats illegal dismantling with environmental risks.

An Indonesian fisherman pulls a mysterious object from the sea and discovers that it is a Chinese underwater monitoring system, part of the so-called Underwater Great Wall that Beijing uses to track submarines and unmanned vehicles in strategic straits of the region.

Images from NASA’s Landsat 9 satellite have revealed reddish slopes in the far south of Chile, but this is not colored snow; rather, it is the southern beech forests of Patagonia, which take on shades of red and orange in the austral autumn.

Twelve container studios are ready for rent in just 90 days, with a furnished bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom in units costing R$ 38,900, while an investor bets on compact housing to generate rental income.