Labs Re-tooling for the War on COVID-19
Researchers seek to re-purpose an existing manufacturing platform to produce a COVID-19 vaccine
Alan Rudolph, Colorado State University and Raymond P. Goodrich, Colorado State University
The...
How the electric power system we take for granted came to...
Buildings at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, illuminated by George Westinghouse’s alternating current.
Field Museum Library/Wikipedia, CC BY
Jay Apt, Carnegie Mellon University
Many experts...
Stunning images open the era of the James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers...
Assessing the massive Sunburst hack
The Sunburst hack was massive and devastating – 5 observations from a cybersecurity expert
Paulo Shakarian, Arizona State University
So much remains unknown about what is...
Touching asteroid Ryugu
Touching the asteroid Ryugu revealed secrets of its surface and changing orbit
Paul K. Byrne, North Carolina State University
On Feb. 21, 2019, we shot an...
US planning for wind energy expansion
Biden calls for a big expansion of offshore wind – here’s how officials decide where the turbines may go
David Cash, University of Massachusetts Boston
The Biden...
Perseverance is the first of a new class of Mars explorers
Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth: On Feb. 18, Perseverance Rover landed safely on Mars – a lead scientist explains the tech and goals
Jim...
International Satellite to Track Impacts of Small Ocean Currents
NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will explore how the ocean absorbs atmospheric heat and carbon, moderating global temperatures...
How the internet is changing the way we grieve
Loss and grieving during the era of social media
Jo Bell, University of Hull
People don’t die in the same way that they used to. In...
Could mRNA offer a path towards universal flu vaccines?
How do you make a universal flu vaccine? A microbiologist explains the challenges, and how mRNA could offer a promising solution
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington
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