The Ryugu asteroid holds a key to understanding solar system formation

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  Samples from the 162173 Ryugu asteroid collected by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft could help us understand the chemical composition of our solar system Discovered in 1999, Japanese scientists working on the Hayabusa2 spacecraft have inspected the Ryugu asteroid, known as 162173 Ryugu, which was approximately 900 metres in diameter. In this asteroid, Ancient grains of …

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Seal and robot discovered potential climate change disaster at glacier

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  January 20, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST   Comment This is a story about a curious seal, a wayward robot and a gigantic climate change disaster that may be waiting to happen. Scientists tagged a southern elephant seal on the island of Kerguelen, an extraordinarily remote spot in the far southern Indian Ocean, in …

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NASA astronaut Josh Cassada during a spacewalk.

Watch 2 astronauts perform 1st spacewalk of 2023 on Friday

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  Two astronauts will conduct the first spacewalk of 2023 on Friday morning (Jan. 20), and you can watch the action live. NASA’s Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are scheduled to step outside the International Space Station (ISS) at 8:15 a.m. EST (1315 GMT) on Friday, kicking off a roughly …

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Pocket Card Jockey’s mobile port was 10 years in the making

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  You can learn a lot about a person by asking them “What’s the best Nintendo 3DS game of all time?” Someone who largely interacts with mainstream games might confidently respond with The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds or Fire Emblem: Awakening. Find someone a little more tuned into the wider landscape and …

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Addressing Patient Subgroups Is a Key Topic During Breast Cancer Conference

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  Recent updates to clinical care for patients with ER-positive disease include the emergence of breast cancer subtypes, oral selective estrogen receptor degraders, and other oral targeted therapies. The emergence of breast cancer subtypes and novel management approaches in ER-positive disease, including oral selective estrogen receptor degraders and other oral targeted therapies, place a greater …

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Milk Production Can Be “Kick-Started”After a Pause in Breastfeeding – Now We Know How

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  A new study from the University of Sheffield has identified a protein that supports milk production after a pause in breastfeeding. The research is published in PLOS Biology. A fail-safe mechanism for breastmilk production If an infant has been breastfed, once they progress to solid foods a molecular process commences in the breast tissue. …

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While boosting twice a year reduced infections the most, a Yale study author said it's not realistic to ask people to get vaccinated that often.

When to get a COVID booster? Data says annually to prevent outbreaks

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  Healthy people should get annual COVID-19 boosters to prevent widespread outbreaks, a new study from Yale University suggests. Yearly shots provide just enough frequency to prevent huge outbreaks, while not putting an undo burden on people. “There seems to be an inflection point” at about a year, said senior author Jeffrey Townsend, a biostatistician and evolutionary …

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Apple Breaks 13-Year Tradition by Announcing New Products in January

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  Apple this week broke a tradition it has maintained for the past 13 years by announcing new products in the first month of the year. This week, Apple unexpectedly announced several new products, including updated 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros powered by M2 Pro and M2 Max, a new Mac mini with M2 and …

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NASA’s Geotail satellite dies! Tracked solar winds, magnetic storms, auroras for 30 years

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  After a long journey of 30 years, NASA’s Geotail satellite’s Mission has ended. Here’s why. Back on July 24, 1992, NASA had launched the Geotail Satellite Mission to gather a dataset on the structure and dynamics of the magnetosphere, Earth’s protective magnetic bubble. However, it is interesting to note that the satellite was originally …

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