The European Space Agency (ESA) recently chose the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) as a developer of novel nontoxic and antimicrobial surface treatments for the interior of spacecraft in order to ensure the safety of future human space missions.
On 4 March 2019, LIST’s materials department officially launched its 18-month research project “ESA NBactspace”. As a pioneer within the scientific community, LIST will develop novel nontoxic coatings with antimicrobial broad spectrum activity for the interior of spacecraft.
The surface treatments used on spacecraft interiors recently proved to have a long-term toxicity risk due to their composition based on heavy metal particles, such as silver and copper. In parallel, a growing number of pathogen strains have shown resistance to antibiotics. At a time of increasing human space missions, safety against such toxicity is considered a high priority.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) recently chose the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) as a developer of novel nontoxic and antimicrobial surface treatments for the interior of spacecraft in order to ensure the safety of future human space missions.
On 4 March 2019, LIST’s materials department officially launched its 18-month research project “ESA NBactspace”. As a pioneer within the scientific community, LIST will develop novel nontoxic coatings with antimicrobial broad spectrum activity for the interior of spacecraft.
The surface treatments used on spacecraft interiors recently proved to have a long-term toxicity risk due to their composition based on heavy metal particles, such as silver and copper. In parallel, a growing number of pathogen strains have shown resistance to antibiotics. At a time of increasing human space missions, safety against such toxicity is considered a high priority.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Research
https://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=LIST