What happens in our body when we encounter and fight off a virus like the flu, SARS-CoV-2 or RSV?

Credit: Shutterstock Respiratory viruses like influenza virus (flu), SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can make us sick by infecting our respiratory system, including the nose, upper…

Water Discovered in Rocky Planet-Forming Zone Offers Clues on Habitability

James Webb Space Telescope observations find water for the first time in the inner disk around a young star with giant planets. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the MPIA-led…

Webb Snaps Highly Detailed Infrared Image of Actively Forming Stars

Young stars are rambunctious! NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the “antics” of a pair of actively forming young stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light. To…

Megalithic dolmens discovered at the La Lentejuela Teba necropolis |

Archaeologists excavating in the southern area of the La Lentejuela Teba necropolis have discovered two Megalithic dolmens. The La Lentejuela Teba necropolis is a concentration of burial structures located near Málaga, Spain.…

Long-term MIND Diet Commitment Key to Boosting Brain Health

Summary: A recent study unveils the significance of long-term commitment to the MIND diet in enhancing brain health. The first randomized clinical trial of its kind, the study observed that…

Pitt study points to new opportunities for HIV treatment

HIV infecting a human cell. Credit: NIH Sometimes in science, answers come serendipitously, where researchers aren’t expecting to find them. That’s what happened to Cristian Apetrei, Ivona Pandrea and their…

People on ART with low levels of HIV viral load found to have almost zero risk of sexually transmitting the virus

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People living with HIV who maintain low—but still detectible—levels of the virus and adhere to their antiretroviral regimen have almost zero risk of transmitting it to…

European wind-mapping satellite returned safely to Earth

Credit: ESA A European wind-mapping satellite has returned successfully to Earth following a delicate assisted return designed to minimize damage from flying debris, the European Space Agency said on Saturday.…

Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun

A commercial airliner flies Northwest across Lake Michigan in front of the “Full Buck” supermoon, the first of four supermoons in 2023, July 3, 2023, in Chicago. The cosmos is…

Ryanair pilots’ strike in Belgium cancels almost 100 flights

Pilots say the low-cost Irish airline is failing to honor a collective convention agreed in 2020. A strike by Ryanair pilots in Belgium in an ongoing dispute over working conditions…