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Nature 404, 114 (9 March 2000) | doi:10.1038/35004728
Expensive space crystal programme has produced little of scientific value, says panel
Tony Reichhardt
Space experiments in protein crystal growth have yielded no important results to date, says a report released last week by the US National Research Council (NRC).But the space station's research facilities could be used to assess whether or not crystal growth in zero gravity could ever be worthwhile, says the report.
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