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Unique fragment from Earth’s formation returns after billions of years in cold storage
Artist's impression of the unique object C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS). Observations with ESO's Very Large Telescope, and the Canada France Hawai`i Telescope, show that this...
Scientists estimate solar nebula’s lifetime
Artist's concept of a planet in a nearby star's dusty, planet-forming disc.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
About 4.6 billion years ago, an enormous cloud of hydrogen gas and...
Scientists describe how solar system could have formed in bubble around giant star
This simulation shows how bubbles form over the course of 4.7 million years from the intense stellar winds off a massive star. UChicago scientists...
Towards elimination of HIV reservoirs
From Figure 1 in the article.
Credit: Koenig et al, CC-BY
Current antiretroviral therapy can keep HIV in check and prevent AIDS in the vast majority...
New TSRI study shows HIV structure in unprecedented detail
The study is the first to show a high-resolution version of the HIV trimer, which the virus uses to enter host cells, in its...
HIV vaccine preventing healthy cells’ infection
T cell. “The idea basically is that a vaccine should induce antibodies T cells immune response, that would neutralise HIV in all of its...
Massive simulation shows HIV capsid interacting with its environment
The genetic material of the HIV virus is encased in multiple structures that hide it from the host immune system. The capsid, in blue,...
Study offers clearest picture yet of how HIV defeats a cellular defender
The naked HIV capsid, left, would be quickly detected and eliminated from the cell, but a host protein, cyclophilin A, in red in the...
Epstein-Barr virus and cancer: New tricks from an old dog
After an infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus persists in the body throughout a person's lifetime.
Credit: © Henri-Jacques Delecluse/DKFZ
After an infection with...
Wit, grit and a supercomputer yield chemical structure of HIV capsid
The researchers used the supercomputer Blue Waters to determine the complete HIV capsid structure, a simulation that accounted for the interactions of 64 million...
International team discovers natural defense against HIV
Researchers at Michigan State University were part of a team to discover a new natural defense against HIV infection.
Credit: Photo by G.L. Kohuth
Researchers at...
