Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Science News (Master Feed)
Scientist uses tiny trackers to keep tabs on funnel-web spiders
By Jill Gralow SYDNEY (Reuters) - Some Sydney funnel-web spiders are scrambling into the Australian brush carrying special cargo: a telemetry tracker to study how far a mature male can travel at night...
Mar 01, 2022
As climate dangers rise, scientists predict disasters before they happen
By Jake Spring (Reuters) - For climate scientists reviewing a Pacific Ocean temperature forecast map in November, a bright red, sideways "V", thousands of kilometres long signalled disaster. Combined ...
Mar 01, 2022
Seals help Japanese researchers collect data under Antarctic ice
By Irene Wang and Akira Tomoshige TOKYO (Reuters) - A seal wearing a helmet with an antenna might look unusual, but eight Weddell seals, each with a 580g monitoring device on their heads, have been he...
Feb 28, 2022
Breakthrough gene-editing technology belongs to Harvard, MIT -U.S. tribunal
By Jonathan Stempel and Blake Brittain (Reuters) - A U.S. tribunal overseeing patent disputes ruled on Monday that patents on the breakthrough gene-editing technology known as CRISPR belong to Harvard...
Feb 28, 2022
Scientists propose Tyrannosaurus had three species, not just ‘rex’
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of researchers is proposing that Tyrannosaurus, the most famous of all dinosaurs and the ultimate apex predator, actually includes three species and not j...
Feb 28, 2022
Ukraine gets Starlink internet terminals – and friendly warning about safety
(Reuters) - Ukraine on Monday said it had received donated Starlink satellite internet terminals from SpaceX, but an internet security researcher warned these could become Russian targets. "Starlink -...
Feb 28, 2022
Modified T cells may help those on immunosuppressants; ECMO machines improve COVID survival
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Feb 28, 2022
China’s agriculture ministry says to facilitate commercialisation of GM soybeans, corn
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry said on Monday that it will facilitate the commercialisation of genetically modified soybeans, corn and cotton crops. China will improve management of ...
Feb 28, 2022
NASA shrugs off Roscosmos leader’s rant over U.S. sanctions and space station
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA on Friday shrugged off public comments from the head of its Russian counterpart suggesting U.S. sanctions imposed against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis could "destroy...
Feb 25, 2022
Fossil of dinosaur with hard head and tiny arms found in Argentina
(Refiles to fix typo in 5th paragraph) By Miguel Lo Bianco and Claudia Morales BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in Argentina the remains of a previously unknown species of meat-eatin...
Feb 25, 2022
