Astronaut Tim Kopra, Expedition 20 flight engineer, works at the Protein Crystallization Research Facility (PCRF) in the Kibo laboratory of the International Space Station. high res (1.6 M) low res ...

A new theory 'demystifies' the crystallization process and shows that the material that crystallizes is the dominant component within a solution -- which is the solvent, not the solute. The theory ...

Space LiinTech said on the 9th that it successfully completed the automated protein crystallization experiment of the space medicine research module BEE-PC1 conducted on the International Space ...

A Korean space medicine company has automatically conducted a protein crystallization experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and successfully recovered the crystals. This is ...

Download the experiment instructions HERE! Crystals form through a process called crystallization which is when a liquid solidifies into a highly structured solid. While crystals can form when liquid ...

What happens when you put real calcite crystals in the oven? That simple question turns into a surprisingly satisfying ...

For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying protein crystals. In the early days of microgravity research, scientists discovered that ...