This image, taken on May 23, 2020, shows laboratory technology containing the candidate dose of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus vaccine. (Photo by MLA Dan Antonov / AFP by Getty Images) ON NewsroomUpdated 6:30 p.m. PT – Wednesday, December 2, 2020 The latest update to the Trump administration’s fight to develop …
Read More »MRNA looks like getting a coronavirus vaccine
Will it be like the flu vaccine? Would it be more painful? And what about side effects? U.S. The Food and Drug Administration – the two leading runners in obtaining Emergency Use Authority from Pfizer / Bioentech and Modern – uses the new mRNA technology. No U.S.-licensed vaccine has ever …
Read More »Earth’s first space debris removal mission
In 2025, the first active debris removal mission, ClearSpace-1, will rentry, occupy and rent the upper part of the Vespa (Vega Secondary Payload Adapter) from Europe’s Vega launcher. This is about 800 km. A gradual disposal of a grad altitude of 660 km was left in orbit, following the rules …
Read More »Puerto Rican scientists, rebuilt by the collapse of the Arecibo Observatory, pressure to rebuild
Genesis Ferrer has dreamed of working at the Arecibo Observatory ever since she first met some of her astrophysicists during a high school trip to Puerto Rico. After hearing them use words like “radiation” and “emission,” Ferrer, 21, said she fell in love with the “whole idea” of understanding things …
Read More »Michael Bury, an investor in Big Short, said he is short on Tesla, asking Elon Musk to give more stock at its “ridiculous price”.
Jim Spell / Getty Images Michael Bury, whose bet against the housing market was announced late Tuesday evening, was made famous by “The Big Short” To tweet That’s the short Tesla. The hedge fund manager advised CEO Elon Musk to issue more shares when they sit at their “ridiculous” level. …
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