Published:
Jun 18, 1996
Scientists Counteract Gravity on Earth
Revision: March 3, 2017
Scientists from the Space Sciences Laboratory at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are using magnetic fields up to 100,000 times the strength of the Earth's magnetic field to study the effects of gravity on the growth of silicon and germanium crystals in the laboratory. Magnetic fields are a useful means of simulating reduced gravity during crystal growth.