Cancer mRNA Vaccines Enter Late-Stage Trials
The mRNA technology behind COVID vaccines is being aimed at cancer. Personalized shots encode a patient's specific tumor mutations to...
Year: 2026
A Universal Flu Strategy Targets the Virus’s Stalk
Researchers pursued a flu vaccine that would not need yearly updates. The strategy aims immunity at a conserved part of...
Quantum Entanglement Links Ground and Satellite
China's Micius satellite distributed entangled photons across more than a thousand kilometers. The 2017 experiment beamed quantum-correlated light to distant...
Spatial Transcriptomics Maps Genes Within Tissue
Scientists can now see which genes switch on where inside a tissue. Spatial transcriptomics measures gene activity while preserving each...
Cryo-Electron Microscopy Sees Molecules in Atomic Detail
A microscopy revolution let scientists image molecules almost atom by atom. Advances in detectors and software pushed cryo-electron microscopy past...
Spinal Stimulation Helps Paralyzed Patients Walk
Targeted electrical stimulation restored walking to people with spinal-cord injury. Implants delivering precisely timed pulses reactivated dormant circuits below the...
Neurons in a Dish Learn to Play Pong
Living brain cells grown on an electrode array learned a simple video game. In 2022 researchers stimulated the culture with...
In-Body Base Editing Lowers Cholesterol in a Trial
A one-time gene edit delivered inside the body cut harmful cholesterol in an early trial. The therapy uses base editing...
A Pig Kidney Works Inside a Living Patient
Xenotransplantation reached a milestone when a gene-edited pig kidney was placed in a living person. Surgeons in 2024 transplanted the...
Twisted Graphene Reveals Superconductivity at a Magic Angle
Stacking two graphene sheets at a precise twist produced surprising physics. In 2018 researchers found that a small 'magic' angle...
