Without protein theft, the virus can’t get to the nucleus of nerve cells.
Hubble update: One camera back, more to come
Still uncertain of why it misbehaved, controllers are cautiously restoring service.
Bill Gates’ nuclear power company selects a site for its first reactor
First-of-its-kind reactor to be built in Wyoming with heavy Dept. of Energy backing.
New iodine-based plasma thruster tested in orbit
Iodine eliminates needing a propellant tank, since it can be stored as a solid.
IBM clears the 100-qubit mark with its new processor
Company says it’s on track for 1,000+ qubits, useful computations in 2023.
Open-sourcing of protein-structure software is already paying off
The big trade-off is between computational intensity and the size of the complex.
New astronomy roadmap calls for huge, broad-spectrum space telescope
The decadal survey is a highly influential 10-year plan for what should come next.
Congress fails to pin down oil company execs on their bad-faith arguments
Spin, lobbying, and obfuscation still rule the day.
COVID trial using antidepressant cut short due to apparent effectiveness
It’s not a cure, but it seems to keep some at-risk people out of the hospital.
X-rays may have revealed the first planet outside our galaxy
Process may point to a general means of finding very distant planets.