Researchers have invented a promising new vaccine for malaria — with properties akin to the novel RNA-based vaccine for COVID-19 Making a vaccine for malaria is challenging because its associated parasite, Plasmodium, contains a protein […]
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No One Has Seen a Mars Landing Like This
NASA engineers have captured a rover’s swift descent to the surface of the red planet. The descent of a little rover from the top of the Martian atmosphere to the surface is one of the […]
NASA Releases Video and Audio from Mars
For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio of the wind whistling past it after the landing. The stars of the show are […]
How to Watch NASA’s Mars Rover Landing
NASA’s biggest and boldest rover attempts a momentous landing on February 18. Here’s how to watch—and why you should. Today, Perseverance, NASA’s most ambitious self-driving rover, will attempt the agency’s most challenging Mars landing. Perseverance […]
The Lightning-Fast Quest for COVID Vaccines
The speedy approach used to tackle SARS-CoV-2 could change the future of vaccine science. When scientists began seeking a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in early 2020, they were careful not to promise quick success. […]
How Have Covid-19 Vaccines Been Made?
Unprecedented international cooperation and focus have led to multiple effective and safe Covid-19 vaccines in less than a year, and created a blueprint for future vaccine development. The Covid-19 pandemic threatens every one of us, […]
Alphabet is Shutting Down Loon
The internet balloon company will no longer be one of Alphabet’s Other Bets. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, launched Loon in June 2013, and Loon “graduated” from a moonshot to an independent company within […]
Ten Computer Codes that Transformed Science
From Fortran to arXiv.org, these advances in programming and platforms sent biology, climate science and physics into warp speed. From astronomy to zoology, behind every great scientific finding of the modern age, there is a […]
Is the Universe actually a Fractal?
The Universe isn’t a true fractal, but even in the realms where it’s only approximately a fractal, there are still some compelling cosmic lessons just waiting to be learned. If you take a look at […]