Category Scope

51 Life Sciences (General)

Includes general research topics related to plant and animal biology (non-human); ecology; microbiology; and also the origin, development, structure, and maintenance, of animals and plants in space and related environmental conditions. For specific topics in life sciences see categories 52 through 55.

Definition

Life Sciences – A collective discipline encompassing biology, physiology, psychology, medicine, and sometimes sociology and other related areas. NASA Thesaurus, Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

NASA Interest

Exhaustive Interest : Effects of space environments and simulated space environments on plants, animals, and microorganisms; diurnal effects on animals and plants.

Selective Interest : Studies of genetics, sterilization, biology, botany, zoology, and diurnal studies having potential aerospace implications or applications.

Negative Interest : Biological and agricultural research having no relation to aerospace.

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