mRNA Vaccines: A Platform Proven in a Pandemic
In a development that has drawn wide attention in medicine research, mRNA COVID-19 vaccines reached the public in late 2020....
Month: July 2026
Prime Editing: A Search-and-Replace for the Genome
In a development that has drawn wide attention in biology research, prime editing, unveiled in 2019, can insert, delete, or...
Base Editing: Rewriting DNA One Letter at a Time
In a development that has drawn wide attention in biology research, base editors, introduced in 2016, change single DNA letters...
Below Threshold: Quantum Error Correction Turns a Corner
In a development that has drawn wide attention in physics research, researchers showed adding qubits can lower error rates, not...
Quantum Advantage: Sycamore’s Contested Milestone
In a development that has drawn wide attention in physics research, google reported quantum supremacy with its Sycamore chip in...
Sample Return: OSIRIS-REx Brings Bennu Home
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, nASA returned a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth...
Nudging an Asteroid: The DART Planetary-Defense Test
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, nASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in...
A New Eye on the Cosmos: JWST Opens Up
In a development that has drawn wide attention in space research, the James Webb Space Telescope released its first images...
Ignition at Last: Fusion’s Net-Energy Milestone
In a development that has drawn wide attention in physics research, in December 2022 the National Ignition Facility achieved fusion...
Picturing the Unseeable: The First Black Hole Image
In a development that has drawn wide attention in physics research, the Event Horizon Telescope unveiled the first image of...
