New views of Venus and more: Understand the world through 9 images
Researchers created a new tool for cancer drug trials the week of August 11–18, while NASA captured images of Venus and guided Ingenuity on an important scouting flight.
9. Using tumors to fight cancer
Scientists created the first active 3D-bioprinted glioblastoma tumor in a lab. Because it functions more like a tumor in the body than replicas grown in Petri dishes, it could be more reliable in clinical drug trials.
8. Seeking shade
Researchers found anteaters in deforested areas range over a larger part of their habitat. Forests provide relief from extreme heat, so animals that rely on them are forced to hunt more actively for tree cover as forests disappear.
7. Turning up the heat
Scientists confirmed geothermal heat from tectonic trenches below the Thwaites Glacier is warming the ice. Melting from Thwaites Glacier contributes 4 percent to rising sea levels, so understanding its ice loss is crucial.
6. A galaxy far, far away
Researchers using the Low-Frequency Array radio telescope captured the most detailed images yet of distant galaxies and their inner workings. They include Hercules A, which has a supermassive black hole at its center.
Researchers pinpointed immune cells in cauliflower coral and starlet sea anemone for the first time. The finding helps explain how coral reefs protect themselves from infection.
4. Eye-opening research
Scientists used human induced pluripotent stem cells to create a brain organoid that generated its own rudimentary eye structures, called optic cups. The development could help researchers understand human eye development.
3. Scouting Séítah
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter completed its twelfth flight on Mars. This time, it scouted the South Séítah region while constructing 3D images that could help Perseverance navigate the sandy terrain.
2. The dark side of Venus
ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter returned images from its August 9 flyby of Venus. The craft passed within 5,000 miles of Venus, and is scheduled to make six more flybys by 2030.
1. Beyond the asteroid belt
Researchers developed a new technique to analyze the magnetic field of meteorites from beyond the asteroid belt for clues about how they formed. They used the technique to examine the Tagish Lake meteorite, which was formed in the outer Solar System.
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