Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Russian scientists say Sputnik V performs well against COVID mutations
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian trial testing the effectiveness of revaccination with the Sputnik V shot to protect against new mutations of the coronavirus is producing strong results, researchers said ...
Feb 27, 2021
Archaeologists uncover ancient ceremonial carriage near Pompeii
ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists have unearthed a unique ancient-Roman ceremonial carriage from a villa just outside Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. The almost perfectly prese...
Feb 27, 2021
Virus can be transmitted via lung transplant; COVID-19 deadlier than flu for ICU patients
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Feb 26, 2021
As a child, she beat bone cancer. Now she’s headed into space.
By Arlene Eiras (Reuters) - Bone cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux is thrilled to be going into space. As a crew member on SpaceX's Inspiration4, the world's first all-commercial astronaut mission to E...
Feb 26, 2021
Queensland skies light up as Chinese space burns up in atmosphere
(Reuters) - Social media in Queensland, Australia lit up on Thursday night, matching the flashing night sky as users posted short videos of what experts later said was debris from a Chinese rocket bur...
Feb 26, 2021
Blue Origin delays New Glenn rocket launch to 2022
(Reuters) - Billionaire Jeff Bezos-backed space venture Blue Origin said on Thursday that it has delayed the launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket to the fourth quarter of next year. The rocket wa...
Feb 25, 2021
Some common-cold antibodies may help fight COVID-19; vaccine side effects could hamper mammograms
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by ...
Feb 24, 2021
JPMorgan’s blockchain payments test is literally out of this world
By Anna Irrera LONDON (Reuters) - Stuck in space with bills to pay? Don't worry, the satellites could take care of it. JPMorgan Chase & Co has recently tested blockchain payments between satellites or...
Feb 24, 2021
Battered stones of Jerusalem’s Western Wall get the full treatment
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The ancient stones that make up Jerusalem's Western Wall are showing the scars of weathering from two millennia of scorching sunlight and driving rain. To stop them getting worse...
Feb 23, 2021
Mars rover sends home movie of daredevil descent to landing on red planet
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA scientists on Monday unveiled first-of-a-kind home movies of last week's' daredevil Mars rover landing, vividly showing its supersonic parachute inflation ...
Feb 22, 2021
