Index A to Z You are here: home | sciences | science in weightlessness Science in weightlessness In microgravity, the laws of physics and chemistry undergo strange changes. Space missions enable researchers to observe these phenomena and to develop new medical, pharmaceutical and industrial materials and applications based on them. Testing fluids in space SCCO – Gassing up for microgravity Fluid physics experiments by Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason Made in Canada Overcoming gravity in life and physical sciences Crystal growth with the Commercial Float Zone Furnace (CFZF) Protein Crystal Growth Mission Support Centre Better isolation for International Space Station experiments (MIMBU)         Updated: 2005/06/27 Important Notices