Aims & Scope
npj Microgravity covers research that enables space exploration, including scientific research needed to develop advanced exploration technologies and processes, particularly those profoundly affected by operation in a space environment, and research that is enabled by spaceflight and ground-based spaceflight analogues that provides novel insight into life, engineering and physical sciences to benefit Earth-based research and the general public.
npj Microgravity aims to provide a thorough understanding of the scientific impact and future of spaceflight research. Relevant and high-impact papers are considered for publication including (but not limited to):
- human health, performance and disease prevention
- fundamental and applied animal and plant research
- fundamental and applied cellular, molecular and tissue biology
- fundamental and applied microbiology research
- fundamental physics
- fluid physics
- biophysics
- earth observations and remote sensing
- technology and instrumentation advances, including biotechnology
- complex fluids
- materials science
- combustion science
- astrobiology
- nanotechnology.