Weightless materials science
Issue 344 | Page 75 | Published Mar 2012
Description
Gravity affects everything we do. Only in very recent years have we been able to carry out experiments in orbit around the Earth and see for the first time how things behave in its absence. This has allowed us to understand fundamental processes better and to design new materials using this knowledge.
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