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Indonesia’s sweeping restructuring of science sector faces criticism
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's government is facing criticism from some top scientists and lawmakers that a sweeping restructuring bringing together the country's le...
Jan 14, 2022
Son calls father’s pig-heart transplant a miracle of science
By Natasa Bansagi (Reuters) - The son of a transplant recipient who was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, called his father's procedure "a miracle." The s...
Jan 13, 2022
Second alien moon identified is much like the first: big and strange
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For only the second time, astronomers have detected what appears to be a moon orbiting a planet in another solar system. Just like the first time, this one has tr...
Jan 13, 2022
Polish scientists find gene that doubles risk of serious COVID
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish scientists have found a gene that they say more than doubles the risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19, a discovery they hope could help doctors identify people who are...
Jan 13, 2022
NASA begins process of bringing new space telescope into focus
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - NASA on Wednesday embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus, a task due for completion in time for...
Jan 12, 2022
Older date for Ethiopian fossils sheds light on rise of Homo sapiens
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Volcanic ash left over from a huge ancient eruption has helped scientists determine that important early Homo sapiens fossils found in Ethiopia in 1967 are older than previo...
Jan 12, 2022
Like a fish out of water? Israeli team trains goldfish to drive
BEERSHEBA, Israel (Reuters) - Goldfish are capable of navigating on land, Israeli researchers have found, after training fish to drive. The team at Ben-Gurion University developed an FOV - a fish-oper...
Jan 10, 2022
T-cells from common colds can provide protection against COVID-19 – study
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - High levels of T-cells from common cold coronaviruses can provide protection against COVID-19, an Imperial College London study published on Monday has found, whic...
Jan 10, 2022
Sanofi partners with AI firm Exscientia to develop up to 15 new drugs
(Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi SA will partner with British AI firm Exscientia Plc to develop up to 15 drug candidates across oncology and immunology, in a deal worth up to $5.2 billion in milest...
Jan 07, 2022
Japan billionaire Maezawa: going to space makes you obsessed with Earth
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, newly returned to Japan after a 12-day journey into space last month, said being launched into the cosmos was less scary than ridi...
Jan 07, 2022
