«That’s par for the course when it comes to the Kuiper Belt. “Everything in the Kuiper Belt, basically, has been discovered, not predicted,” Jewitt says. “It’s the opposite of the classical model of science where people predict things and then confirm or reject them. People discover stuff by surprise, and everyone scrambles to explain it.”» #ScienceEveryday

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/kuiper-belt-dwarf-planet-quaoar-ring

"Vaccination, infection with SARS-CoV-2 and a combination of both provide varying degrees of protection.k #ScienceEveryday #Covid #Immunity

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00124-y

A very interesting read about the forefront of xenobiological resarch, from identifying biological processes, to non-carbon-based and more.

#ScienceEveryday #Lyfe #Xenobiology

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life-as-we-dont-know-it/

"In the present [US] study, researchers explored why adults reportedly did and did not receive the bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine." #ScienceEveryday #CovidVaccines

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230124/Survey-of-previously-vaccinated-US-residents-finds-the-most-common-reasons-for-not-getting-an-updated-COVID-19-vaccine.aspx

"All 10 patients were safely transfused with their own gene-corrected stem cells that gave rise to corrected peripheral blood cells within 42 days. All 10 were growing their own T cells and B cells by 12 weeks, and 4 of 9 (excluding a patient who received a 2nd treatment) achieved full T-cell immune reconstitution by 12 months...." #ScienceEveryday

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2022/12/424476/infant-gene-therapy-breakthrough-artemis-scid-patients

A geneticist studied one drop of his blood—and saw things he couldn't from a vial of blood
"In his own samples, he was able to see how his body metabolizes aspirin and how long it takes for his glucose to spike after eating, which is useful for someone like him with diabetes." #ScienceEveryday

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-01-geneticist-bloodand-couldnt-vial-blood.html

"Our research team watches the global water cycle closely. We analyze observations from more than 40 satellites that continuously monitor the atmosphere and Earth's surface. ...

"For the first time, we've drawn on those many terabytes of data to paint a full picture of the water cycle over a year for the entire globe, as well as for individual countries. ..." #climate #ScienceEveryday

https://phys.org/news/2023-01-alarming-entire-global.html