Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
COVID-19 increases risks for cancer patients; common cold antibodies no help vs coronavirus
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 ...
Oct 14, 2020
Japan supercomputer shows humidity affects aerosol spread of coronavirus
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese supercomputer showed that humidity can have a large effect on the dispersion of virus particles, pointing to heightened coronavirus contagion risks in dry, ...
Oct 14, 2020
Eight nations sign U.S.-led Artemis moon agreements
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight countries have signed an international pact for moon exploration called the Artemis Accords, NASA announced on Tuesday as the U.S. space agency tries to s...
Oct 13, 2020
Remains of the day: dinosaur skeleton fetches three million euros
PARIS (Reuters) - The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house on Tuesday for 3 million euros ($3.52 milli...
Oct 13, 2020
COVID-19 antibodies last at least three months; so do symptoms for many
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 ...
Oct 12, 2020
Swiatek’s run to final not by chance, says coach
By Joanna Plucinska WARSAW (Reuters) - Iga Swiatek's incredible run to the French Open final has taken the tennis world by storm but her one person who is not surprised is her coach Piotr Sierzputowsk...
Oct 09, 2020
Boom Supersonic rolls out demonstrator aircraft in bid to break sound barrier
(Reuters) - Boom Supersonic on Wednesday unveiled its first demonstrator aircraft X-B1, which is scheduled to begin flight testing next year, in a milestone for the U.S. startup planning a commercial ...
Oct 07, 2020
Boeing’s top Starliner astronaut pulls out of space mission role
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief astronaut for Boeing Co's long-delayed debut crewed flight to the International Space Station stepped down from the job on Wednesday, citing family pr...
Oct 07, 2020
Titans’ COVID count at 24 after two more positives
More positive COVID-19 tests on Tuesday are forcing the Tennessee Titans to cancel their planned return to the field on Wednesday. ESPN reported two players tested positive after the Titans had two co...
Oct 07, 2020
Charpentier and Doudna win 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing, the award-giving body said on Wedn...
Oct 07, 2020
