Children are significantly less likely to get seriously ill with Covid-19 because their immune systems can usually adapt better to the corona virus. This is now also confirmed by a small study from Singapore. Doctors took blood samples while the children were still acutely infected and repeated this one to three times after infection. The … Read more
Stations for long-term missions are to be built on the lunar surface. Although a trip to the moon takes just under four days, at a distance of around 384,400 kilometers the lunar sand can quickly fall on your head. When the German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer was still on the International Space Station, we have … Read more
Genetically engineering mice to make their immune systems human is not a new invention. But a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School has now created a special line of new effective antibodies against the Sars coronavirus 2 through a complex combination of human and mouse genes. As the team around Sai Luo, Jun Zhang … Read more
Genetically engineering mice to make their immune system human is not a new invention. But a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School has now created a special line of new effective antibodies against the Sars coronavirus 2 through a complex combination of human and mouse genes. As the team around Sai Luo, Jun Zhang … Read more
people react differently on the corona vaccination, not everyone has the same immune response. And weaker immune responses are associated with a higher risk of vaccine breakthrough. Therefore, the need for rapid antibody tests is increasing. Researchers from a private-public cooperation from Jena have now completed a new test platform. This platform can only determine … Read more
A little afterglow of the full moon remains Immediately after the sunset in Central Germany (depending on the location between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m.), those interested could see the super full moon on Wednesday, July 13th. rising in the southeast shortly after 10 p.m. That was a good hour and a half after the exact … Read more
Children are less likely to get seriously ill with Corona. Much more often, a Covid-19 is just a cold for them. How does the child’s immune system work differently than in adults? A team of Italian researchers led by Constanza Di Chiara, Anna Cantarutti and Paola Costenaro may now provide a building block for answering … Read more
It’s that time again. The most beautiful astronomy photos of the year are chosen and their creators are awarded. For the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the year is not as important as the number of astrophoto competitions that have already been held. And so we are now in 2022 at the competition “Astronomy Photographer of the … Read more