Coronavirus News Roundup, July 11-july 17
A solar probe built by NASA and the European Space Agency delivers the closest photographs ever taken of the Sun’s floor, revealing tiny explosions on the floor known as nanoflares. Three new spacecraft are launching to Mars this month and each of them will check new technologies in the race to succeed in the Red Planet subsequent 12 months, on a quest to seek out evidence of previous life. We explain the missions and why July is the month to travel.
Get all the latest science stories from across the ABC. When Allie Chadburn talks about dropping her teenage daughter to suicide, there’s one facet of her story many people find tough to just accept — the concept that psychological sickness did not play a component. For many individuals like Cindy Black with depression, finding the proper medication can take years of trial and error — however which may be about to change, thanks to genetic testing and personalised medication. Human trials are underway on a hundred and twenty volunteers in the search to discover a vaccine for coronavirus with preliminary results expected to be launched at the finish of September. Documents obtained by the ABC reveal how the AFP made use of facial recognition know-how that’s now the focus of a federal investigation.
Ebony McIntosh devotes her time — and her home — to take care of sick and injured microbats. She explains what’s concerned in bat rescue and why she is so enthusiastic about saving these animals. Experts say regardless of current headlines we nonetheless do not know the way lengthy our immunity to COVID-19 lasts and they’re nonetheless optimistic a couple of vaccine. This version of Pioneers in Science celebrates physicist Wilhelm Röntgen, winner of the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of “a brand new kind of ray”.
But the Emirati authorities actually hopes it’ll encourage future scientists. The world’s finest hot dog eaters may outeat a grizzly bear or a coyote, however would fall far behind a wolf or a Burmese python, a new study finds. The frozen ball of ice gained’t return to the internal photo voltaic system for six,800 years. Researchers have discovered fish that take up more than ninety nine.9 {ba001e18389df7520355fa6d1d9ab7d4a1f9ec77cec85e592eb8ec0edea01c6c} of the sunshine that hits their pores and skin. Preserved dung in Oregon’s Paisley Caves is helping to fill in some mysteries about some of the earliest people on our continent.
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Comet Neowise wows stargazers and early risers within the northern hemisphere as it travels past Earth, though Australian enthusiasts will sadly miss out. A flock of ‘socially-distanced’ galahs turns into an unlikely supply of inspiration for hundreds of individuals around the world, however experts say there is extra to this feathered formation than meets the eye.