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HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford

Jul 6, 2021

The goal of the trial, known as HIV-CORE 0052, is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of the HIVconsvX vaccine – a mosaic vaccine targeting a broad range of...

Early humans were sheltered from worst effects of volcanic supereruption

Jul 6, 2021

The eruption of the Toba volcano was the largest volcanic eruption in the past two million years, but its impacts on climate and human evolution have been unclear. Africa and...

Biden: US ‘coming back together,’ but COVID not yet finished

Jul 5, 2021

President Joe Biden visits with members of the Washington Nationals' Racing Presidents after speaking at an Independence Day celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, July 4,...

Physical activity does not increase the risk of melanoma

Jul 5, 2021

Physical activity does not increase the risk of melanomaIt is safe to be physically active outdoors without having to worry about the risk of melanoma, as long as you follow...

New mask could diagnose wearer with COVID-19 within 90 minutes

Jul 5, 2021

The masks have tiny, disposable sensors, referred to as Specific High-sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter unLOCKing (SHERLOCK). The sensors are freeze-dried, surrounded by a reservoir of water that is released when the...

Delta’s Rapid Spread Clouds Summer With Fear of Covid Revival

Jul 5, 2021

(Bloomberg) -- The fast-spreading delta variant is clouding Americans’ hopes for a carefree summer -- and casting a shadow of doubt over plans to get back to business as usual...

Jul 5, 2021

(Bloomberg) -- The fast-spreading delta variant is clouding Americans’ hopes for a carefree summer -- and casting a shadow of doubt over plans to get back to business as usual...

Project Argo

Jul 5, 2021

The name Argo was chosen because the floats work in partnership with the Jason Earth-observing satellites that measure the shape of the ocean surface. Since 2006, three years ahead of...

Deep down below

Jul 5, 2021

Attached to Polarstern via a fiber-optic tether slightly thicker than a human hair, the vehicle was half a mile deep in the Arctic Ocean's frigid waters, training its camera on...

Currents of change

Jul 5, 2021

And in the future, how bad it could be depends on how the oceans change." Vanishing sea ice because of climate change in the Arctic has been well-documented for at...