The Atacama cosmology telescope measures the oldest light in the universe, known as the cosmic microwave background. Using those measurements, scientists can calculate the age of the universe. Credit: Image courtesy of Debra Kellner. The findings from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope suggest that the universe is 13.8 billion years old. …
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David Goddard | Getty Images News | fake pictures Security officials have accused Russian hackers of trying to steal information about the coronavirus vaccine investigation in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The US Department of Homeland Security, the Cyber Security Infrastructure Security Agency, the National Security Agency, …
Read More »Online learning for most California schools
Governor Gavin Newsom entered the debate on reopening schools for the fall, declaring on Friday that those in counties on the state watch list for disturbing COVID-19 outbreaks should begin fall instruction without students in classrooms and instead teach them remotely online. Newsom has come under increasing pressure to keep …
Read More »Chinese Mars mission launches onto launch pad (photos, video)
China’s first homegrown Mars mission, Tianwen-1, launched today to its launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China’s Hainan Province (July 17). A Largo March-5 The rocket will launch Tianwen-1 in late July or early August, according to the China National Space Administration. It is speculated that …
Read More »Synthetic sulfur atom modified mRNAs enhance efficient protein synthesis
Modification of the mRNA with phosphorothioate increases the speed of translation initiation and molecular designs are optimized for high translation efficiency. This result provides a useful guide to molecular design to improve the amount of translation by chemical modification of the mRNA. Credit: Nagoya University. Since mRNAs play a key …
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