Biotechnology Electricity Radiation 
Scientific American
JUNE 6, 2025
Had M2 landed successfully, the craft would have supplied electricity for its cargo, including water electrolyzing equipment and a module for food production experiments — developed by Japan-based Takasago Thermal Engineering and biotechnology firm Euglena.
Physics World
DECEMBER 20, 2021
A team from Dartmouth has developed a method to convert a standard clinical linear accelerator (linac) used for radiation therapy to deliver a FLASH-capable, ultrahigh-dose rate radiotherapy beam. Photon counting CT, however, enables one-step conversion straight from X-ray photons into an electrical current.
Frontiers
APRIL 26, 2022
A crewed mission to Mars will require transporting equipment for creating electricity to power life support systems. This required modeling and accounting for a number of factors, such as how gasses and particles in the atmosphere might absorb and scatter light, which would affect the amount of solar radiation at the planet’s surface.
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