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February 10, 2021

Tianwen-1 - Illustration illustrating the rover, lander and all-terrain vehicle of the first Chinese mission to Mars. Figure CNSA

The Chinese Tianwan-1 spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Mars

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Tianwen-1 makes China the sixth country in history to reach Mars. The fifth country to do so is the United Arab Emirates whose spacecraft, Hope, entered orbit around the Red Planet yesterday
crystals. Photo: depositphotos.com

Prof. Leslie Lazerovitz and Meir Lahav Moitzman won the Wolf Prize in Chemistry 2021

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Fractal. Photo: depositphotos.com

Wolf Prize in Physics for 2021 to Professor Giorgio Frisi, researcher of disordered systems

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Micro RNA. Illustration: Prof. Robert Johnson, Temple University

Deepening our knowledge in understanding the RNA molecule allowed us to produce a rapid vaccine for Corona

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This is according to the decision of the Wolf Prize Committee for 2021 in medicine. The judges' announcement stated that these scientists made breakthrough discoveries in the mechanisms that regulate RNA and demonstrated that RNA is not a passive template between DNA and protein but plays a dominant role in regulating and diversifying genetic expression
The Mars Hope of the Union of Principalities. Figure: MBRSC

The United Arab Emirates' Mars Hop mission has reached orbit around it

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Hope will spend the next two years collecting vital scientific data on the Martian atmosphere.
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