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- noun The presence of an apparently increased
gravitational field in anaccelerating orrotating situation
Etymologies
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When they arrive at an interstellar waystation, they find that it's being hammered by hypergravity shock waves originating in nearby Starmaker, better known to Bandicut as the Great Orion Nebula.
Free eBook: Sunborn by Jeffrey A. Carver (Multiple Formats) 2009
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A 2008 paper titled "Hormesis in Aging" by researchers from the Laboratory of Cellular Aging, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus in Denmark concluded that "single or multiple exposure to low doses of otherwise harmful agents, such as irradiation, food limitation, heat stress, hypergravity, reactive oxygen species and other free radicals have a variety of anti-aging and longevity-extending hormetic effects."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dr. Andrew Weil 2012
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The influence of hypergravity on the Paramecium bursaria-Chlorella sp. symbiotic association.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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An atomic force microscope operating at hypergravity for in situ measurement of cellular mechano-response.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2009
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Abe C, Tanaka K, Awazu C, Morita H. Galvanic vestibular stimulation counteracts hypergravity-induced plastic alteration of vestibulo-cardiovascular reflex in rats.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2009
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Noordwick -- The European Space Agency says it is seeking proposals from European university students interested in conducting hypergravity experiments.
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Le Bourg's paper, "A review of the effects of microgravity and hypergravity on aging and longevity" was published in the Elsevier journal,
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Le Bourg's paper, "A review of the effects of microgravity and hypergravity on aging and longevity" was published in the Elsevier journal,
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Le Bourg's paper, "A review of the effects of microgravity and hypergravity on aging and longevity" was published in the Elsevier journal,
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Dai K, Wang Y, Yan R, Shi Q, Wang Z, Yuan Y, Cheng H, Li S, F.n Y, Zhuang F. Effects of microgravity and hypergravity on platelet functions.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2009
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