Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna suing Pfizer and BioNTech over COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna alleges Pfizer/BioNTech copied technology that Moderna had developed years before the pandemic began. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Moderna has sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in developing the COVID-19 vaccine, alleging Moderna technology was copied. The lawsuit alleges Pfizer/BioNTech copied the mRNA technology Moderna had patented between 2010 and 2016, before…

Coral spawning

First ever offseason coral spawning gives hope to Great Barrier Reef

Artificial moonlight and controlled temperature were successfully used on the corals to replicate the environmental conditions that prompt spawning. Source: Australian Institute of Marine Sciences. For the first time, captive-raised corals have been successfully bred out of their natural reproductive window in the Great Barrier Reef. The first offseason coral spawning by the Australian Institute…