A major beauty product company has incorporated several NASA technologies into its products. Metallic-ceramic nanoparticles NASA developed are used in hair irons, brushes, and hair dryers to release negative ions that make hair easier to style. Nanosilver particles NASA experimented with as passive sterilizing agents helped the company create tools with self-disinfecting surfaces. And the company uses LED devices developed by NASA to stimulate scalp healing and growth in dormant hair follicles.
A NASA engineer who helped develop metallic-ceramic nanoparticles to create microcapsules that would deliver cancer-fighting drugs with precision eventually became vice president of technology at a beauty supply company that was using the technology in hair-styling products. He helped incorporate into the company's products nanosilver self-disinfecting agents that NASA had looked at for sterilizing spacecraft interiors and LED devices the space agency used to improve skin healing and bone cell replacement in astronauts.
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