Rats in space: UIUC researchers design comfortable living quarters for some of the first occupants of the International Space Station.
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Abstract: In the near future, rats will have a place aboard the International Space Station, as they boldly go where few rodents have gone before. But before the rats can venture into outer space, researchers need to take a hard look at the inner space of their cages. And that's exactly what a research team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is doing.
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