The Marshall Space Flight Center is working on the use of controlled illumination by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to treat mucositis and to accelerate healing of wounds. The basic idea is to illuminate the affected area of a patient with light of an intensity, duration, and wavelength chosen to produce a therapeutic effect while generating only a minimal amount of heat.

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An improved apparatus has been invented by the Marshall Space Flight Center for use in determining the osmotic second virial coefficient of macromolecules in solution. The invention helps researchers understand conditions that affect protein crystallization.

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has invented a system of electronic hardware and software that noninvasively tracks the direction of a person's gaze in real time. This system operates at a frame rate of several kilohertz and offers enhanced capability for applications that involve human-computer interactions.

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