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Prior COVID offers less protection vs Omicron; mRNA booster shot efficacy declines within months
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 14, 2022
Elephant tusk DNA sleuthing reveals ivory trafficking networks
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - DNA testing on seized ivory shipments that reveals family ties among African elephants killed for their tusks is helping to identify poaching areas and traffickin...
Feb 14, 2022
Spreading version of Omicron resists lone effective drug; T cell defense vs Omicron deficient in some
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 11, 2022
SpaceX chief Elon Musk ‘highly confident’ his Starship will reach orbit this year
(Corrects typographical error in Tesla, adds RIC; paragraph 6) By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Thursday he was "highly confident" his new SpaceX Starship, designed for voyages to the moon...
Feb 11, 2022
Astra Space fails to deliver satellites to orbit in first operational launch
(Fixing misplaced word in 1st paragraph) (Reuters) - Commercial launch startup Astra Space Inc reported that its rocket failed to deliver its satellite payloads to orbit on Thursday in the company's f...
Feb 10, 2022
French virologist who co-discovered HIV virus has died – AFP
PARIS (Reuters) - French virologist Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize for his part in discovering the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has died, French news agency AFP reported on Thursday. Mon...
Feb 10, 2022
The sad and sorry story of Dolly the diseased and doomed dinosaur
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a warm and humid Jurassic Period landscape lush with plant and animal life in what is now southwest Montana, an adolescent long-necked dinosaur was miserably s...
Feb 10, 2022
NASA raises concerns about SpaceX satellite deployment plan
By David Shepardson and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) raised concerns about SpaceX's plan to deploy about 30,000 satellites for its Starl...
Feb 09, 2022
Risk of new heart problems jumps after COVID; mRNA shot side effects no different for cancer patients
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 09, 2022
European scientists set nuclear fusion energy record
LONDON (Reuters) - European scientists on Wednesday announced fresh progress in the drive to make nuclear fusion a practical, safe and clean energy source, saying an experiment at a site in England se...
Feb 09, 2022
