Space Station Live: A Crystal OASIS

Space Station Live: A Crystal OASIS

NASA Commentator Lori Meggs talks to scientists at NASA's Glenn Research Center about OASIS, Observation and Analysis of Smectic Islands in Space. This study on the International Space Station, aimed at learning more about the unique behavior of liquid crystals in microgravity, could change the future of cell phone and television liquid crystal display screens.

Topics

  • NASA
  • liquid crystal
  • liquid crystal display
  • LCD
  • microgravity
  • fluid physics