In space, bubble trouble hampers oxygen production needed for astronauts to breathe. But neodymium magnets could coax bubbles off electrodes in microgravity to boost the efficiency of splitting water ...

A new breakthrough in oxygen generation technology using magnetic forces could dramatically change how astronauts survive on future missions to the Moon and Mars. As detailed in the peer-reviewed ...

One of the biggest challenges of space exploration has always been a very simple human need: how will astronauts breathe far from Earth? On the International Space Station, oxygen is created by ...

HOUSTON—Magnetic forces and electrolysis could be employed in space to generate oxygen for astronauts on deep space missions with less difficulty and energy than current methods, researchers say. A ...

Extremophiles are a favorite tool of astrobiologists. But not only are they good for understanding the kind of extreme environments that life can survive in, sometimes they are useful as actual tools, ...