Developing optical vortex phase masks for the detection of habitable worlds

A team of NASA researchers is developing new types of optical masks that could help enable the many orders of magnitude of ...
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Optical Vortex Phase Masks for the Detection of Habitable Worlds

A team of NASA researchers is developing new types of optical masks that could help enable the many orders of magnitude of ...

Fur suits and strange masks: How handlers are helping orphaned bear cubs after Monrovia attack

Two orphaned black bear cubs from Monrovia, California are getting a second shot at life — but the humans caring for them are ...

‘Cicada’ Covid variant BA.3.2: Do vaccines still protect against it? Doctor explains

A new Covid variant BA.3.2, also called the “Cicada” variant, is being detected globally. A doctor explains whether vaccines ...
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Covid followed 5 standard stages of pandemic response — until it became unprecedented

In this excerpt from their new book “Whiplash,” David Blumenthal and James A. Morone describe how scientists became villains ...