Refugees arriving in Germany likely treat their smartphones as a lifeline and a way to break the ice with locals in their host country. The German government, seeming to recognize the importance of the devices, has now developed an app that it hopes will help refugees deal with their new environment more adeptly. Learn more
Global coronavirus deaths have been falling—but scientists are worried that more infectious new variants of the virus may reverse those trends. As quickly as vaccines were developed, the virus has ev
We have a long road ahead before a vaccine is safe, effective and, most crucially, widely available. We need a multi-pronged public health strategy that includes a national testing plan that utilizes
Messenger RNA (mRNA) is a pivotal molecule of life, involved in almost all aspects of cell biology. The last decade has seen improvements in the delivery of a new class of mRNA drugs. In molecular bi
