Experiment to test virulence of nasty bacteria in microgravity
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - 16:50
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's space shuttle Discovery will make its swan song flight Nov. 1 carrying two University of Colorado at Boulder-built biomedical payload devices, including one to help scientists better understand changes in the virulence of nasty bacteria in the low gravity of space as a way to help researchers prevent or control infectious diseases.