Archive for February, 2008

Nowhere near an HIV vaccine

Published February 17th, 2008 in Science, Innovation and Human World. 2 Comments

More than 20 years have gone by since scientists first started to conduct research on HIV, and yet there is no vaccine against it. HIV affects some 39 million people worldwide, according to data from the World Health Organization.
Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Dr. David […]

ESA releases first 3D images of Mars

Published February 7th, 2008 in Science, Photos and Space. 0 Comments

After years of work, the European Space Agency has finally released the first and most detailed 3-D images of a large part of the Martian surface.
This set of topographic images is known as the Mars Express Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and was obtained using the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board the Mars Express. […]

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