Synthesizing a Flu Vaccine Without the Virus
A new vaccine strategy, which uses synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) instead of proteins purified from viruses, could make flu shots cheaper, safer, and easier to…
A new vaccine strategy, which uses synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) instead of proteins purified from viruses, could make flu shots cheaper, safer, and easier to…
A team of scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider found that in a sample of 2 million lead-proton collisions, some pairs of particles flew…
The brain scans of French and Mandarin native speakers have shown that people use the same areas in the brain for reading, no matter what…
Nine new radar images were taken of asteroid 2007 PA8, a near-Earth asteroid that measures roughly 1.6 kilometers wide. 2007 PA8 passed at a distance…
Some new diagnostic tests for foodborne pathogens like Salmonella, Campylobacter and Escherichia coli hinder the ability of public health officials to detect outbreaks. The problem…
Most cities brew up a blend of gases that covers the urban area like a dome. The top of most buildings can sit outside or…
Certain people with sleep disorders continually have to battle a powerful urge to sleep through the day, even after sleeping more than 10 hours a…
Using the HATNet telescopes, CfA astronomers and colleagues discovered three new hot Jupiters and identified a new subclass of extra-solar planets, dubbed “highly inflated Jupiters.”…
Targets for hackers are becoming more widespread. The chips running car engines, routers that form the Internet’s backbone, power plants, and rail lines are all…
Scientists investigating how atoms interact with one another have now gained new insights into a type of interaction that may contribute to the advancement of…
The World Health Organization announced four new cases of the novel coronavirus that caused a great deal of worry just before the October hajj season….
Physicists at the California Institute of Technology have set a new record for data network data transfer speeds. The international team of high-energy physicists, computer…
An international team of scientists has conclusively demonstrated a connection between white dwarf stars that fail to completely detonate and a class of oddly dim…
Hummingbirds are part of the family Trochilidae and are among the smallest birds on the planet, with most species measuring between 7.5 to 13 cm…
Bats can broaden and narrow their visual field by modulating the frequency of their vocalizations they use to navigate and find prey. The scientists published…
Scientists have discovered l-C3H+ hydrocarbon in the interstellar medium for the first time, finding this molecule in the Horsehead Nebula in the Constellation of Orion….
Katydid ears have evolved components resembling those of human ears, on a smaller scale. This is an example of convergent evolution. The scientists published their…
A new study indicates that slowing down vessels near coastlines by 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 kilometers) per hour can dramatically reduce air…