HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Providing usable drinking water to humans in space has always been a challenge, but another solution is nearer, thanks to an experiment that flew on the final flight of the ...

QinetiQ North America announced today the results of another successful experiment completed on board the final flight of the space shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) in July 2011. The experiment, the first ...

“QinetiQ North America announced today the results of another successful experiment completed on board the final flight of the space shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) in July 2011. The experiment, the first ...

Speaker one: Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules across a semi-permeable membrane, from a higher water concentration, to a lower water concentration. Speaker two: Water uptake in plants ...

For this experiment, we're going to examine how this pressure affects the cherries - and the farmers that grow them! Osmosis is the diffusion of fluids through membranes. It is the way plants absorb ...

Reverse osmosis is a process familiar to most plant operators. Push makeup water through the right kind of membrane with sufficient pressure (osmotic pressure) and you generate a stream with few ...

It’s essential that medical personnel give the proper intravenous solutions to patients. If a given solution has too much or too little solute concentration in an IV, red blood cells could become ...

The purpose of this practical is to investigate the effect of a range of concentrations of salt or sugar solutions on the mass of plant tissue. Make sure that the potato is placed on a ceramic tile ...