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A woman who became infected with HIV in 1992 may be the first person to be cured of the virus without a risky bone marrow transplant or even medication, researchers said Wednesday. In an additional 63 people in their study who controlled the infection without medication, HIV was apparently sequestered …

A report warns that fleets of new communications satellites in orbit with low Earth will spoil some astronomical observations, even if all known mitigation strategies are taken. NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / P. Marenfeld By Daniel CleryAugust 25, 2020, 6:40 p.m. Astronomers and the operators of new, thousands of …

Conceptual illustration of how artificial intelligence classifies different types of galaxies according to their morphologies. Credit: NAOJ / HSC-SSP Astronomers have applied artificial intelligence (AI) to ultra-wide field-of-view images of the distant universe captured by the Subaru telescope, and have reached a very high point accuracy for finding and classifying …

British scientists have discovered that an active ingredient found in insect repellent can kill COVID-19, according to a report. Researchers from the UK’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory have decided that Citriodiol could help fight the coronavirus in a preliminary study, Sky News reported. Insecticides with Citriodiol are not believed …

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Arnold Spielberg, father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and an innovative engineer whose work helped make the personal computer possible, has died at the age of 103. Spielberg died of natural causes while being surrounded by his family in Los Angeles on Tuesday, according to a statement …