Advances in Microgravity
Microgravity also called Weightlessness, is the complete or near-complete absence of the sensation of weight. It is also termed zero gravity, zero G-force, or zero-G. Micro-g environment (also μg, often referred to by the term microgravity) is more or less synonymous, with the recognition that g-forces are never exactly zero. Weight is a measurement of the force on an object at rest in a relatively strong gravitational field (such as on the surface of the Earth). These weight-sensations originate from contact with supporting floors, seats, beds, scales, and the like. A sensation of weight is also produced, even when the gravitational field is zero, when contact forces act upon and overcome a body's inertia by mechanical, non-gravitational forces- such as in a centrifuge, a rotating space station, or within an accelerating vehicle.
When the gravitational field is non-uniform, a body in free fall experiences tidal effects and is not stress-free. Near a black hole, such tidal effects can be very strong. In the case of the Earth, the effects are minor, especially on objects of relatively small dimensions (such as the human body or a spacecraft) and the overall sensation of weightlessness in these cases is preserved. This condition is known as microgravity, and it prevails in orbiting spacecraft.
In the present book, ten typical literatures about Microgravity on international authoritative journals were selected to introduce the worldwide newest progress, which contains reviews or original researches on Microgravity. We hope this book can demonstrate advances in Microgravity as well as give references to the researchers, students and other related people.
Sample Chapter(s)
Preface (100 KB)
Components of the Book:
  • Chapter 1
    Mitochondrial Unfolded Protein Response to Microgravity Stress in Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Chapter 2
    Simulated microgravity triggers epithelial mesenchymal transition in human keratinocytes
  • Chapter 3
    microRNAs involved in the control of toxicity on locomotion behavior induced by simulated microgravity stress in Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Chapter 4
    Simulated microgravity with floating environment promotes migration of non-small cell lung cancers
  • Chapter 5
    Analysis of Statoliths Displacement in Chara Rhizoids for Validating the Microgravity-Simulation Quality of Clinorotation Modes
  • Chapter 6
    Effect of miR-27b-5p on apoptosis of human vascular endothelial cells induced by simulated microgravity
  • Chapter 7
    VDR regulates simulated microgravity-induced atrophy in C2C12 myotubes
  • Chapter 8
    Space station biomining experiment demonstrates rare earth element extraction in microgravity and Mars gravity
  • Chapter 9
    Intestinal long non-coding RNAs in response to simulated microgravity stress in Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Chapter 10
    Efficient solar hydrogen generation in microgravity environment
Readership: Students, academics, teachers and other people attending or interested in Microgravity
Danilo Ranieri
Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Molecolare, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

Chi Bum Ahn
Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Lars Krause
Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Gravitational Biology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Hoehe, 51147 Cologne, Germany

Ryo Yuzawa
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, 1?1?5 Sendagi, Bunkyo?ku, Tokyo 113?8602, Japan

and more...
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