The sun readies for its close-up as Europe’s Solar Orbiter approaches

The European Solar Orbiter mission will make its closest approach to the sun later this month, promising to capture images that could unravel some of the mysterious behaviours of the star at the heart of our solar system. Solar Orbiter, a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with a contribution from NASA, launched in February 2020. … Read more

Cutting-edge cancer and COVID-19 approaches could reduce organ scarring | Science

Millions of people die every year from fibrosis, a build-up of scar tissue in the liver, heart, and other organs. Scars are key to healing, but sometimes “the scar becomes a problem instead of the solution,” says Scott Friedman, a liver disease specialist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Now, by blending … Read more