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Strange winds reveal magnetic fields on distant ‘hot Jupiters’

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago08 mins

An illustration showing magnetic activity in an exoplanet that is a gas giant like Jupiter but orbits very close to its host star and is tidally locked. ESO/M Kornmesser, L Calcada Based on the behaviour of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, astronomers have obtained the strongest evidence to date that planets beyond…

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Africa: Breakthrough Sickle Cell Gene Therapy a Distant Hope in Africa

eriinfo.com4 months ago011 mins

Kampala, Scidev.Net — As Uganda rolls out mandatory nationwide screening of newborns for sickle cell disease this month, a gene therapy celebrated in the United States and Europe remains financially out of reach for most patients in Africa. Ayoola Olajide, president of Ikorodu Sickle Cell Club in Nigeria and a person living with sickle cell…