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Space Plants Could Be Future Pharmacies for Astronauts

Scientists have successfully tested a non-destructive method to harvest life-saving medicines from plants under simulated space conditions, enabling on-demand drug production for long-duration missions. [ https://www.labroots.com/trending/space/30644/space-plants-f…tronauts-2](https://www.labroots.com/trending/space/30644/space-plants-f…tronauts-2)

How can plants help produce pharmaceuticals for future astronauts? This is what a recent study published in npj Science of Plants hopes to address as a team of scientists from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) investigated using plants to produce drugs for astronauts to treat a variety of ailments. This study has the potential to help scientists, mission planners, and astronauts develop new methods for addressing medical concerns on long-term space missions.

For the study, the researchers examined how cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) could be produced under space-like conditions, including a vacuum environment, microgravity, using a centrifuge, the latter of which is commonly used in space for science experiments. CPMV is a plant virus-based compound that has been found to treat cancer while also possessing immunotherapy characteristics. The primary motivation behind the study was to address how to provide medical treatments to astronauts on long-term space missions without relying on Earth supplies. In the end, the researchers found that CPMV could successfully be extracted without harming the plants.

The study notes, “The combination of process-level and host-level optimization facilitates sustainable CPMV production under the constrained conditions of long-duration space missions while also offering practical advantages for terrestrial biomanufacturing.”

New pilot plant converts unsorted plastic waste into oil in 30 mins

A mobile pilot plant has been designed to convert various types of plastic waste into oil.

Developed by the Catalysis Engineering Group at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Solvothermal Liquefaction (STL) process uses a potent mix of solvent, heat, catalysts, and intense pressure to cook mixed plastic waste back into oil.

Interestingly, the resulting dark brown oil contains the precise molecules needed to remake brand-new, virgin plastic, thereby closing the recycling loop.

Peak Protocol: Mountain Longevity Retreat

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Quantum memory surpasses classical limits for storing unknown quantum operations

Quantum memories, systems that store and retrieve information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, can outperform classical storage systems on some existing tasks. Yet these promising memories could also complete operations that are very difficult or impossible for classical systems, including the storage and retrieval of so-called isometry channels.

Isometry channels are transformations that entail mapping a smaller quantum system onto a larger one while preserving quantum information.

In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, researchers at the University of Tokyo showed that quantum methods significantly outperform classical ones in the storage and retrieval of these transformations.

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