💉 New method reduces severe malaria in children
A combination of existing treatments administered at the right time drastically reduces the number of children who falls seriously ill or die of malaria.
🚀 Dawn Aerospace aims for multiple space flights per day
An important step towards making space travel a routine occurrence is the ability to frequently use the same craft. Dawn aerospace intends to fly multiple times per day.
💉 The EU is investing heavily in faster vaccine development
A research project aims to reduce the development time for vaccines from a decade to roughly a year.
⚡️ Microwaves transmit power to drones – and potentially rockets
Imagine reducing the weight, cost and complexity of spacecraft quite simply by leaving fuel behind. It sounds astonishing, but it's exactly what researchers in Japan are aiming for.
🚀 Inspiration4 – the first space tourists in orbit around Earth
The civilian space race is now in full swing. Both Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin have made successful launches in a brief time span. Inspiration4 is about to become SpaceX's equivalent, yet there's much more to it.
🛰 Virgin Orbit goes public – passes FAA certification
Virgin Galactic's lesser known sibling goes public and closer to securing additional launch sites.
🇯🇵 Japan tests potentially game-changing rocket engine
The hunt for new and better propulsion systems for space use goes on. In a world-first, Japan tests a Rotating Detonation Engine in space.
👽 Galileo Project will search for alien technology
Avi Loeb, the scientist who thinks that a huge dismissed alien craft bypassed earth, is now together with a group of researchers scaling up the search for extraterrestrial civilizations.
🚀 The new means of space propulsion
When it comes to earthbound trips, we’re on the verge of a considerable shift in propulsion, from combustion to electricity. Or perhaps hydrogen. But did you know that similar developments are being made for space travel?