With The Prayer beckon for 'Easter Sunday 31-3-2013' and forward, comes with blessings as 'Art View' give praise from mars with 'Abbott's View' of this beautiful second world as to the creation of life brings 'Prase of God' for all of life's humanity just click to view.
If you think of assembling your own furniture, after you have brought it home from the showroom, as it is a nightmare for many people. So what if flat-pack furniture was smart enough to assemble itself ? At Art View here this Easter all about to become a reality so thank you with the 'Love of God'.
Belgian designer and engineer
Carl de Smet is experimenting with a kind of smart foam technology, which he
believes could do just that. Once heated to a set temperature, the material he
works with, shape memory polyurethane (SMPU), will expand to a given design. Currently
working with scaled-down models, de Smet is close to building the technology to
achieve the effect with full-size furniture one can sit into it amazing. Ahead of its time formal unveiling at
the Milan Design Week festival on Tuesday, he gave Art View a sneak preview at
his studio in Brussels. With lots of creative persuasive toughs inspired by an 'Easter Spire'.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Sexy Sea Slugs.
Nudibranchs are becoming somehow attractive water pets
maybe an answer to new materials as they may look like creatures from another
universe.
But these multi-coloured sea slugs are in fact one of the marvels of
our oceans. Nudibranchs are soft-bodied marine molluscs that shed their shells
after their larval stage, revealing their brightly-coloured exteriors. These
stunning images were captured by wildlife photographer Franco Banfi.
As there featured in some of
Earth's most exotic waters surrounding Indonesia, the Phillippines, Papua New
Guinea, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. These alien-like creatures can be
found in oceans all over the world. Nudibranchs shed their shells during the
larval stage to reveal these multi-coloured exteriors.
It is believed the
soft-bodied marine molluscs have evolved their unique anatomy to warn off
predators. As they like colourful alien creatures living at the bottom of the sea and really
look very attractive also be seen in sea pools. The underwater slugs which use
their bright body armour to fend off predators. Nudibranchs are soft-bodied marine molluscs
which shed their shells. Name derives from Latin and Greek and means 'naked
gills'. Scientists believe
remarkable colouring is a form of self-defence. These images were taken
in waters surrounding Indonesia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, as well
as the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.



The name
'nudibranchs' derives from Latin and Greek and means 'naked gills'.
The name
derives from the Latin for naked, nudus, and the Greek for gills, brankhia. In
most species the gills are prominently displayed on their dorsal surface.Scientists
believe they may have evolved such extraordinary anatomy as a form of
camouflage to mimick their surroundings and avoid predators.
Another theory is
that they are an example of aposematism, an attempt to warn potential predators
that they could be poisonous to eat. Even their egg masses are often red, pink,
orange or any other colour depending on the species. In tropical waters,
beachwalkers can find nudibranchs in tidal pools at low tide.

One theory is
that the colourful exterior is a form of aposematism - a warning to predators
that they could be poisonous. Another theory is that their bright colouring
helps sea slugs blend into their surroundings. Wildlife photographer Franco
Banfi travelled around the world to capture these beautiful images. There are
thought to be around 3,000 different species of nudibranchs in our oceans. Nudibranchs
live on all levels of the ocean but their greatest size and variation comes in
warm, shallow waters.





Some Nudibranchs
have toxins which can render their predators incapacitated. Some species get
their toxicity from the sponge they eat but others can produce it themselves.
Another
defence tactic is for nudibranchs to release acid from their skin. Nudibranchs
are among the most beautiful and diverse creatures to be found on the planet. In
most species, the gills are prominently displayed on their dorsal surface. Some
species can also release toxins which render their predators incapacitated and
allow them to escape.
Others can release acid from their skin when irritated. There are more than 3,000 described species of nudibranchs and they occur in oceans worldwide including both tropics and Antarctica. They can be found crawling over rocks, seaweeds, sponges, corals and many other substrates. They live in all levels of saltwater but their greatest size and variation occurs in warm, shallow waters.
Sea slugs have tentacles on their heads which they use to
find food and seek a mate. They can be found crawling over rocks, seaweeds,
sponges, corals and many other substrates. Sea slugs are found all over the
world, including the British Isles, the tropics and even the Antarctic. Nudibranchs
are generally hermaphrodites this means that they possess both male and female
sex organs. Even sea slug eggs can be red, pink, orange or any other colour
depending on the species. Beach walkers can often find nudibranchs in tidal
pools at low tides.

Others can release acid from their skin when irritated. There are more than 3,000 described species of nudibranchs and they occur in oceans worldwide including both tropics and Antarctica. They can be found crawling over rocks, seaweeds, sponges, corals and many other substrates. They live in all levels of saltwater but their greatest size and variation occurs in warm, shallow waters.

Sunday, March 24, 2013
Amazing Swirl's.








The vortex with the amazing swirls of colour created by artist Fabian Oefner using paint and a drill.
Swirling: Mr Oefner uses an exposure of just one 40,000th of a second to capture these amazing freeze-frames. Methodical: The artist connects a sensor to the drill bit to fire his camera and flash at just the right moment The incredible result of Mr Oefner's work comes out looking like a picture taken on the Hubble Telescope of some cosmic event.
The 29-year-old, from Switzerland, said: 'The motion of the paint happens in a blink of an eye, the images you see are taken only millisecond after the drill was turned on.'To capture the moment, where the paint forms that distinctive shape, I connected a sensor to the drill, which sends an impulse to the flashes.'These specialised units are capable of creating flashes as short as a 1/40000 of a second, freezing the motion of the paint.
'Cosmic Mr Oefner said his work was trying to bring the worlds of art and science together in one place. Wild: Jackson Pollock's drip paintings gave Mr Oefner the inspiration for this series of pictures. Spiral: Mr Oefner's gear is capable of making flashes as short as 1/40,000 of a second, freezing the motion. Difference motion Unlike Pollock, however, the focus of these artworks is the action itself, Mr Oefner says Anger Many of the pictures look like silly string swung around in a circle Mr Oefner at work in his studio: His work has just been exhibited in Zurich, Switzerland. If you like a free sample from art view 'Master' send an email with postal details 'First Five' will be sent descreshion is assured as the offer is open till 2014.



5-Inch Telescope.
David Tyler poses
with the 5-inch refracting telescope equipped with a hydrogen alpha filter used
to capture images of the sun in High Wycombe.
These pictures taken with computer software ' caution must be exercised with equipment as, 'Sun is very dangerous to retina eyes'. It's not bad for a picture taken
in the back garden. The sun’s fiery surface is captured in incredible detail
from 93 million miles away. The stunning shot was taken by 71-year-old
Dave Tyler. A photographer and amateur astronomer.
The back garden astronomer:
The dome in David Tyler's garden, containing the equipment used to take
pictures of the sun. Like many of us Mr Tyler has the odd hobby and for this he sits out in a open shed
in his back garden. But where we might have the compost heap or a vegetable
patch. He has installed a 5-inch refracting telescope, equipped with a
hydrogen-alpha solar filter. The filter allows him to safely observe and unbelievable grate photographs from the high-energy activity on our nearest star. Mr Tyler said: ‘When
you look at the Sun you are looking at a orange star in high-magnification and detail
– as he finds it fascinating and his photos prove this. as he says it is about understanding our existence and our place in
the solar system. with more data gain more accurate in-dept knowledge as to suns cycles along with its atomic threads. As art view says thank you David Tyler.
Dave Tyler uses
computer software to piece together thousands of images taken from his back
garden in Wycombe to produce this stunning portrait of the sun. A side-no view
of a plasma burst - known as a prominence when viewed from the side - captured
in High Wycombe. David Tyler and the equipment he used to take pictures of the
sun in High Wycombe. What appear to be bursts of flame are known as filaments –
when huge masses of superheated plasma jump off the Sun’s surface.
They are formed by short-lived magnetic loops hundreds of thousands of miles long that hold dense gas suspended thousands of miles above the 6,000C surface of the Sun. Mr Tyler photographed the Sun from February 15 to 19, but was unable to follow it any further because of cloudy weather.he retired engineer, who lives with wife Wendy, a teacher, and son Thomas, 18, has been a keen astronomer for the last 40 years. He built his first telescope when he was 29 and has been an enthusiast ever since. After taking the pictures, Mr Tyler pieced the images together like a jigsaw puzzle using computer software. The filament appears etched on the surface of the sun but is actually far away from it, as the sideways photographs clearly show.


Mr Tyler, from High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, pieced
together thousands of frames using computer software to create the picture.

They are formed by short-lived magnetic loops hundreds of thousands of miles long that hold dense gas suspended thousands of miles above the 6,000C surface of the Sun. Mr Tyler photographed the Sun from February 15 to 19, but was unable to follow it any further because of cloudy weather.he retired engineer, who lives with wife Wendy, a teacher, and son Thomas, 18, has been a keen astronomer for the last 40 years. He built his first telescope when he was 29 and has been an enthusiast ever since. After taking the pictures, Mr Tyler pieced the images together like a jigsaw puzzle using computer software. The filament appears etched on the surface of the sun but is actually far away from it, as the sideways photographs clearly show.
71 year-old David
Tyler build his own observatory to house his five inch telescope. A streak of
superheated plasma across the surface of the sun - captured from a Wycombe back
garden.
When the filament is seen from the side like this - it is known as a
prominence. Mr Tyler said: 'Filaments occur when magnetic fields have snapped. 'This
in turn causes the local hydrogen plasma to jump off the surface of the sun in
a sweeping arc.
' The telescope was fitted with a hydrogen alpha filter to
capture these incredible shots from 93 million miles away. The white 'clouds'
around the filament are breaks in the magnetic field. Dave, a retired CAD
mechanical designer, imaged the sun over 5 days.
Nasa has also produced its own
version of Dave's images - but relies on an orbiting spacecraft to capture its
shots of activity on the sun's surface. A detailed photograph of the sun with
an apparent smile captured using a telescope fitted with a special filter in
High. Answers may come from Wycombe photos by amateur astronomer done with David
Tyler. As they show’s streaks of super heated plasma rising across the sun's
surface - as seen from Wycombe.



Saturday, March 23, 2013
1977 Voyager Probe's.
As algorithm's can find and plot its location its a true museum as
these are the only two probes to have flown free of Earths Star as it fly’s off
within galaxy into interstellar space as Neptune was an image of the eight
planet taken by Voyager 2. The Voyagers are NASA's longest-running spacecraft,
and will continue travelling after they have left the solar system.
As soon as
Voyager 1 breaks through to interstellar space, it will be the first man-made
object to leave the solar system, Stone said. However, it would take at least
40,000 years before either probe came close to another star, Stone said. Long
before that both Voyagers will run out of power and transmit their findings
back home before shutting off for good. ‘We will have 'Enough power for all the
instruments until 2020'; at that point we will have to turn off our first
instrument,’ Stone said. 'Voyager 1 will have to be turned off by 2025'. Thirty-five
years after its launch, Voyager 1 may have left the solar system. Researchers
say drastic changes in radiation levels measured by the probe confirm it has
travelled beyond the influence of the Sun.
Mission scientists today confirmed
the probe is 'in a new region' - although scientists are continuing to
debate whether Voyager 1 has reached interstellar space or entered a separate,
undefined region beyond the solar system. Drastic changes in radiation levels measured by the probe confirm it has
finally travelled beyond the influence of the Sun As researchers still unsure whether Voyager 1
has reached interstellar space or entered a separate, undefined region beyond
the solar system. Voyager 1 and
its sister probe Voyager 2 launched 35 years ago on a tour of the outer planets
Nasa's Voyager 1 probe has finally left the solar system, mission scientists
have confirmed. However, Webber said scientists are continuing to debate
whether Voyager 1 has reached interstellar space or entered a separate,
undefined region beyond the solar system. 'It’s outside the normal heliosphere,
I would say that,' Webber said. 'We’re in a new region. And everything
we’re measuring is different and exciting.'

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Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977, before
Voyager 1. Voyager 1 launched on September 5, 1977 moving faster than its
sister probe and eventually passing it. On June 15, 2012, NASA scientists
reported that Voyager 1 may be very close to entering interstellar space and
becoming the first man-made object to leave the Solar System. Voyager 2 will
have to be turned off by 2020, and Voyager 1 will have to be turned off by 2025.
The results confirm the probe has left the heliosphere. Nasa's robotic space
probes Voyager 1 and 2, both weighing 1,592 lb (722 kg), prepared for launch in
1977 on missions to locate and study the outer Solar System and eventually
interstellar space.
The heliosphere is a region of space dominated by the Sun
and its wind of energetic particles and which is thought to be enclosed,
bubble-like, in the surrounding interstellar medium of gas and dust that
pervades the Milky Way galaxy. On August 25, 2012, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft
measured drastic changes in radiation levels, more than 11 billion miles from
the Sun. Anomalous cosmic rays, which are cosmic rays trapped in the outer
heliosphere, all but vanished and dropping to less than 1 percent of previous
amounts. At the same time, galactic cosmic rays - cosmic radiation from outside
of the solar system - spiked to levels not seen since Voyager’s launch, with
intensities as much as twice previous levels. The findings have been accepted
for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American
Geophysical Union. 'Within just a few days, the heliospheric intensity of
trapped radiation decreased, and the cosmic ray intensity went up as you would
expect if it exited the heliosphere,' said Bill Webber, professor emeritus of
astronomy at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. He calls this
transition boundary the 'heliocliff.' In the article, the authors state: 'It
appears that [Voyager 1] has exited the main solar modulation region, revealing
[hydrogen] and [helium] spectra characteristic of those to be expected in the
local interstellar medium.'

Saturn were one of
the first images of the sixth planet taken by Voyager 2 The outer limits. This
artist's concept shows NASA's two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent
region of space known as the heliosheath, the outer shell of the bubble of
charged particles around our Sun. The 'magnetic highway': Here the sun's
magnetic field lines are connected to interstellar magnetic field lines,
allowing particles from inside the heliosphere to zip away and particles from
interstellar space to zoom in.
Late last year researchers said NASA's
long-running Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new layer of the solar system
that scientists hadn't known was there, researchers say. Scientists have dubbed
this region the ‘magnetic highway’ and say it's the last stop before
interstellar space, or the space between stars. 'We do believe this may be the
very last layer between us and interstellar space,’ said Edward Stone, Voyager
project scientist based at the California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena,
California. ‘This region was not anticipated, was not predicted. ’Therefore,
it's hard to determine how soon the spacecraft will leave the solar system
altogether, Stone said at the time. ‘It may take two months, it may take two
years,’ he added. Space weather: Voyager is bathed in solar wind from the
southern hemisphere flowing northward. In a release, Nasa said it was referring
to this new region as a magnetic highway for charged particles because our
Sun's magnetic field lines are connected there to interstellar magnetic field
lines. This connection allows lower-energy charged particles from inside our
heliosphere - the bubble of charged particles the Sun blows around itself - to
zoom out, and allows higher-energy particles from outside to stream in. Before
entering this region, the charged particles bounced around in all directions,
as if trapped on local roads inside the heliosphere.
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As it was data taken from Voyager's low-energy charged particle instrument
that showed it first entered the magnetic highway region in July.The
instrument includes a stepper motor that turns the platform on which the
sensors are mounted, so that the field of view rotates through 360 degrees. This
motor was tested for 500,000 steps, enough to reach the orbit of Saturn, and
has now completed over 6 million steps.The old-fashioned capacitor bank
underneath the motor stores energy needed to provide a 15.7-watt pulse every
192 seconds.

However, because the direcrtion of the magnetic field lines has remained the same, the Voyager team believed the new region is still inside our solar bubble. They predict the direction of these magnetic field lines will change when the craft breaks out into interstellar space. Since December 2004, when Voyager 1 crossed a point in space called the termination shock, the spacecraft has been exploring the heliosphere's outer layer, called the heliosheath. In this region, the stream of charged particles from the sun, known as the solar wind, abruptly slowed down from supersonic speeds and became turbulent. Voyager 1's environment was consistent for about five and a half years. The spacecraft then detected that the outward speed of the solar wind slowed to nothing.

However, because the direcrtion of the magnetic field lines has remained the same, the Voyager team believed the new region is still inside our solar bubble. They predict the direction of these magnetic field lines will change when the craft breaks out into interstellar space. Since December 2004, when Voyager 1 crossed a point in space called the termination shock, the spacecraft has been exploring the heliosphere's outer layer, called the heliosheath. In this region, the stream of charged particles from the sun, known as the solar wind, abruptly slowed down from supersonic speeds and became turbulent. Voyager 1's environment was consistent for about five and a half years. The spacecraft then detected that the outward speed of the solar wind slowed to nothing.
The intensity of
the magnetic field also began to increase at that time. Data from two
instruments aboard voyager that measure charged particles showed it first
entered the magnetic highway region on July 28 last year. The region ebbed away
and flowed toward Voyager 1 several times.
The spacecraft entered the region
again August 25 and the environment has been stable since. 'If we were judging
by the charged particle data alone, I would have thought we were outside the
heliosphere,' said Stamatios Krimigis, chief scientist on the low-energy
charged particle instrument. 'But we need to look at what all the instruments
are telling us and only time will tell whether our interpretations about this
frontier are correct.' Spacecraft data revealed the magnetic field became
stronger each time Voyager entered the highway region; however, the direction
of the magnetic field lines did not change. 'We are in a magnetic region unlike
any we've been in before - about ten times more intense than before the
termination shock - but the magnetic field data show no indication we're in
interstellar space,' said Leonard Burlaga, a member of the team that looks
after Voyager's magnetometer.
'The magnetic field data turned out to be the key to pinpointing when we crossed the termination shock. And we expect these data will tell us when we first reach interstellar space.' Voyager 1 and its sister probe Voyager 2 launched 35 years ago on a tour of the outer planets. As Voyager 2 probe was launched on August 20 in 1977, about two weeks before Voyager 1. It is now 9 billion miles from the sun. Voyager 1 launched on September 5, 1977, moving faster than its sister probe and eventually passing it. It is now more than 11 billion miles from the sun. ‘The signal from Voyager 1 takes approximately ‘17 hours to travel to Earth’ travelling an speed of light’. After hurtling into space, both probes have continued to travel toward the fringes of the solar system. Interstellar missions: A map of the Voyager tours through outer space.
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'The magnetic field data turned out to be the key to pinpointing when we crossed the termination shock. And we expect these data will tell us when we first reach interstellar space.' Voyager 1 and its sister probe Voyager 2 launched 35 years ago on a tour of the outer planets. As Voyager 2 probe was launched on August 20 in 1977, about two weeks before Voyager 1. It is now 9 billion miles from the sun. Voyager 1 launched on September 5, 1977, moving faster than its sister probe and eventually passing it. It is now more than 11 billion miles from the sun. ‘The signal from Voyager 1 takes approximately ‘17 hours to travel to Earth’ travelling an speed of light’. After hurtling into space, both probes have continued to travel toward the fringes of the solar system. Interstellar missions: A map of the Voyager tours through outer space.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Modified Water Bears.
When Art View suggested that squid left earth to land on Europa that's Jupiter's moon because of a comet it caused contrasty. So then Art View also suggested that sending squid eggs along with modified water Bears into space to study them caused alarm bells. So with photos and some simple designs embarked on discovering would it be possible to come up with a credible design, to allow for this to be done on a few dollars. Well anything is possible but not lightly as Art View endeavours to say.

So with Different Space Agency's already testing facilities for space tourists where the research can be carried out. As they say sex in space would likely be a natural part of growing a life long colony, well one can tell their a certain zealous for abstinence by either of the parties from growing a family in space. As sex causes even outrage on Earth never mind at a lunar or Martian Base. So where every theirs water and gravity low radiation humans could have a colony, with a but theirs a big but? How much does it cost and why not build it out in the middle of the Sahara Desert. I hope you will have the pleasure of flying over it terrain because on a bus is a fright.
That's with cola every creature comfort like oxygen and a phone as if one should stop in 47 degree heat where you can actually smell the bus melt it would be 'called lost'. Art view patron to such a venture only did it once, just for to bath in a natural health restoring spring. It did take the melted plastic seat out of the body just. But as a warning we could only stay the night as it was costly to run, so we were being forced to embark quickly. If humanity aims is to one day have establish a self-sustaining colony in a word it would be how, why even bother and need to be cleaver on minimal cost. As humans cant even except difference without causing a sudden twitch, been brought on. As they say ‘Bring your money read Kafka but just don’t talk lol'

So with Different Space Agency's already testing facilities for space tourists where the research can be carried out. As they say sex in space would likely be a natural part of growing a life long colony, well one can tell their a certain zealous for abstinence by either of the parties from growing a family in space. As sex causes even outrage on Earth never mind at a lunar or Martian Base. So where every theirs water and gravity low radiation humans could have a colony, with a but theirs a big but? How much does it cost and why not build it out in the middle of the Sahara Desert. I hope you will have the pleasure of flying over it terrain because on a bus is a fright.

The rise of private spaceflight should open the door even more to sex in space. Jane Fonda, playing the title role in the futuristic space adventure film Barbarella she wasnt a robot. Now researchers say that sex in space could damage your health. But where are all these people going to come from.
Virgin Galactic hopes to start flying tourists to suborbital space next year.
It has already turned down a $1 million offer from an unidentified party to aid in the production of a sex-in-space movie. Space tourists hoping to join the '220-mile high club' have been brought back to Earth by new research showing sex in space wrecks health. Experiments on plants show changes in gravity damages cells - and could lead to life-threatening illnesses. Rumours have abounded for over a decade astronauts have already done the deed although NASA and the Russian government has denied these.Virgin space travel: Several firms including Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, hope to begin offering tourist trips to space.
Now scientists say zero gravity affects processes involved in reproduction, brain diseases - and even cancer. A study found gravity modulates cell 'highway traffic' that ensures the growth and functionality of the male reproductive organ in plants - the pollen tube. Professor Anja Geitmann, a biologist at Montreal University, said: 'Just like during human reproduction the sperm cells in plants are delivered to the egg by a cylindrical tool.
Virgin Galactic hopes to start flying tourists to suborbital space next year.



But there are warnings that mankind was entering an increasingly
dangerous period.‘Our population and use of the finite resources of planet
Earth are growing exponentially along with our technical ability to change the
environment for good and ill,’ said the author of the bestseller, A Brief
History of Time.
‘But our genetic code carries selfish and aggressive instincts
that were a survival advantage in the past. It will be difficult enough to
avoid disaster in the next 100 years let alone the next thousand or a million. 'Our only
chance of long-term survival is not to remain on planet Earth but to spread
into space.
‘We have made remarkable progress in the last 100 years but if we
want to continue beyond the next 100 years our future is in space.’ Earlier
this year, Hawking he said that a spaceship capable of travelling through time
- but only forwards - would breach Albert Einstein's theories of relativity. This means that humans might one day be able to use time
travel to skip generations into the future.Having taken six years to reach its
full speed of 98 per cent of the speed of light (650million miles per hour), a
day on board the ship would be equivalent to a year on Earth, he said, allowing
those on board to reach the edge of the galaxy in just 80 years.


'Unlike the delivery tool in animals the device used during plant sex consists of a single cell - and only two sperm cells are discharged during each delivery event. 'Our findings offer new insight into how life evolved on Earth and are significant with regards to human health, as a traffic jam on these highways that also exist in human cells can cause cancer and illnesses such as Alzheimer's.
' The interior of animal and plant cells is like a city, with factories called organelles - dedicated to manufacturing, energy production and waste processing. A network of intracellular 'highways' enables the communication between these factories and the delivery of cargo between them and between the inside of the cell and its external environment. Plant cells have a particularly busy highway system. Professor Geitmann, whose study is published in PLOS ONE, said: 'Researchers already knew humans, animals and plants have evolved in response to. Earth's gravity and they are able to sense it. A a pollen grain with pollen tubes, viewed in the scanning electron microscope. Researchers experimented on the plants in zero gravity conditions, and found their reproductive capabilities were affected 'What we are still discovering is how the processes occurring within the cells of the human and plant bodies are affected by the more intense gravity, or hyper gravity, that would be found on a large planet, or the microgravity that resembles the conditions on a space craft.

'Intracellular transport processes are particularly sensitive to disturbance, with dramatic consequences for cell functioning. How these processes are affected by a change in gravity is poorly understood.
' In the tests plant cells were placed into a large centrifuge along with a camera attached to a microscope enabling the researchers to track in real time how they develop in the intense gravity generated by the machine. Co-researcher Dr Youssef Chebli said: 'Thanks to the facilities at the European Space Agency I was able to determine how hyper gravity and simulated microgravity affect the intracellular trafficking in the rapidly growing pollen tube. Pollen grains attached to the stigma, the female organ of the plant used in the experiments 'as they have chose pollen - the carrier of the male sperm cells - as our model because of its pivotal role in plant reproduction and agriculture and because of its extraordinarily rapid growth, meaning we could observe the effects of the hyper gravity within seconds.'The researchers stained specific structures within the cells which revealed how the components move around and how the cellular transport logistics responds to the changing gravity environment.Dr Chebli said: "We found intracellular traffic flow is compromised under hyper-gravity conditions and both hyper and microgravity affect the precisely coordinated construction of the cellular envelope in the growing cell.
' In the tests plant cells were placed into a large centrifuge along with a camera attached to a microscope enabling the researchers to track in real time how they develop in the intense gravity generated by the machine. Co-researcher Dr Youssef Chebli said: 'Thanks to the facilities at the European Space Agency I was able to determine how hyper gravity and simulated microgravity affect the intracellular trafficking in the rapidly growing pollen tube. Pollen grains attached to the stigma, the female organ of the plant used in the experiments 'as they have chose pollen - the carrier of the male sperm cells - as our model because of its pivotal role in plant reproduction and agriculture and because of its extraordinarily rapid growth, meaning we could observe the effects of the hyper gravity within seconds.'The researchers stained specific structures within the cells which revealed how the components move around and how the cellular transport logistics responds to the changing gravity environment.Dr Chebli said: "We found intracellular traffic flow is compromised under hyper-gravity conditions and both hyper and microgravity affect the precisely coordinated construction of the cellular envelope in the growing cell.
'This allows us not only to understand general principles of the reproductive mechanism in plants but, more importantly, how the intracellular transport machinery in eukaryotic cells responds to altered gravity conditions.
'There findings have implications for human health as similar effects are likely to occur in human cells such as neurons where long distance intracellular transport is crucial.' While humans have been a space faring species for over 50 years it's doubtful we've yet performed the most basic of acts despite the introduction of mixed-gender crews in 1983. NASA doesn't explicitly forbid sex while zipping round Earth at 17,500 mph but its code of conduct calls for "relationships of trust" and "professional standards" to be maintained at all times. But sex in space will happen eventually because manned missions to Mars would last years so abstinence for that long would be a tall order for most people.

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