What to Know About New Tools to Fight RSV
The tide may be turning on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a seasonal scourge that’s responsible for a substantial number of hospitalizations and deaths among older people and young children each year. In the span of just a few months, the FDA has approved two vaccines and a monoclonal antibody for use in specific populations with […]
How a soil microbe could rev up artificial photosynthesis
Plants rely on a process called carbon fixation — turning carbon dioxide from the air into carbon-rich biomolecules – for their very existence. That’s the whole point of photosynthesis, and a cornerstone of the vast interlocking system that cycles carbon through plants, animals, microbes and the atmosphere to sustain life on Earth. But the carbon […]