AI-designed coronavirus vaccine clears first human safety trial
39 volunteers, no needles, and antibodies against coronaviruses that haven't reached humans yet — Cambridge's first AI-designed vaccine just cleared safety.
Jun 6, 2026 3 min read
Pancreatic cancer pill doubles survival in Phase 3 trial
Revolution Medicines' once-daily RAS inhibitor cut the risk of death by 60% in metastatic pancreatic cancer, drawing a 42-second standing ovation at ASCO.
Jun 5, 2026 5 min read
Webb Finds Methane on Interstellar Comet, Pointing to Alien Chemistry
The methane-to-water ratio on 3I/ATLAS is "surprisingly high" — high enough that astronomers say its parent star system made this ice in a place colder than almost anywhere in ours.
Jun 4, 2026 5 min read
A PhD student found the Rosetta Stone for radio space's weirdest signal
A pair of stars orbiting each other every 1.4 hours just gave astronomers the first solid identification of a long-period transient — and it's not a magnetar.
Jun 3, 2026 4 min read
First RAS inhibitor doubles pancreatic-cancer survival in Phase 3 trial
A 60% lower death risk, a standing ovation mid-presentation, and the first pill to push median pancreatic-cancer survival past a year.
Jun 3, 2026 4 min read
Two LHCb anomalies push the Standard Model in the same direction
One channel sits at 4σ, another at 2.4 — and physicists are running out of ways to dismiss the coincidence.
May 27, 2026 5 min read