{"684119":{"#nid":"684119","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Tiny magnets could simplify oxygen production for spaceflight","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWho knew a small magnet could hold the power to fix one of space exploration\u2019s biggest headaches? For decades, astronauts have been haunted by a stubborn problem: producing oxygen efficiently in microgravity. Traditional systems on the International Space Station rely on bulky, energy-hungry machinery to separate oxygen and hydrogen from water. Every kilogram and watt counts in space, making this fluid management system impractical for long-duration missions.\u0026nbsp;Now, an international team from the University of Warwick, ZARM at Bremen, and Georgia Tech has found a simpler solution. Using only small, off-the-shelf magnets, the researchers developed a system that passively separates oxygen bubbles from water during electrolysis without requiring extra power.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36757","created_gmt":"2025-08-25 14:17:00","changed_gmt":"2025-08-25 14:17:00","author":"ychernet3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Interesting Engineering ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/innovation\/small-magnet-oxygen-production-space","dateline":{"date":"2025-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"660370","name":"Space"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}