Mars probe reboot
NASA was due to attempt a risky reboot of its Mars Odyssey orbiter on Tuesday. Odyssey is the main communications link between NASA’s Mars rovers and Earth, and if it wakes up after the reboot its memory should be cleared of the build-up of errors that resulted from cosmic-ray bombardment. It may also restore back-up power circuits to health.
Artificial ribosome
In a step towards the creation of artificial life, George Church of Harvard Medical School in Boston claimed on 7 March that he has built a ribosome from scratch. Ribosomes, which are found in all cells,…
