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This COVID-19 Detector Has Berkeley Lab Roots

How an atomically thin device could become a biotech breakthrough

Artistic illustration of a carbon nanotube COVID-19 detector.

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The Twist Marks the Spot

Astronomers have found telltale signs of a baby planet being born.

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Swarm probes weakening of Earth’s magnetic field

In an area stretching from Africa to South America, Earth’s magnetic field is gradually weakening. This strange behaviour has geophysicists puzzled and is causing technical disturbances in satellites orbiting Earth. Scientists are using data from ESA’s Swarm constellation to improve our understanding of this area known as the ‘South Atlantic Anomaly.’

Swarm constellation.

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ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth

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SPHERE image of the disc around AB Aurigae.

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Ultra-thin sail could speed journey to other star systems

A tiny sail made of the thinnest material known – one carbon-atom-thick graphene – has passed initial tests designed to show that it could be a viable material to make solar sails for spacecraft.

Graphene sail in microgravity.

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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Clues to Chilly Ancient Mars Buried in Rocks

Filled with briny lakes, the Quisquiro salt flat in South America's Altiplano represents the kind of landscape that scientists think may have existed in Gale Crater on Mars.

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X-ray Experiments Zero in on COVID-19 Antibodies

Scientists reveal potential coronavirus therapy using structural biology and the Advanced Light Source

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – isolated from a patient in the U.S. The protrusions visible on the outside are the spike proteins that the virus particles use to fuse with and gain entry to host cells.

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Czech Republic drought visible from space

The prolonged period of dry weather in the Czech Republic has resulted in what experts are calling the ‘worst drought in 500 years.’ Scientists are using ESA satellite data to monitor the drought that’s gripped the country.

Average soil moisture in Czech Republic.

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How Engineers at NASA-JPL Persevered to Develop a Ventilator

As coronavirus hit, JPL engineers teamed up to make a ventilator prototype that could be mass produced to fill a massive need. It's not rocket science; it's something more.

Clockwise from bottom left: Brandon Metz, Shaunessy Grant, Michael Johnson, Dave Van Buren, Michelle Easter and Patrick Degrosse are among dozens of engineers at JPL involved in creating VITAL, a ventilator prototype specially targeted to coronavirus disease patients.