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Energy from bogs: Estonian scientists use peat to make batteries
By Janis Laizans and Andrius Sytas TARTU, Estonia (Reuters) - Peat, plentiful in bogs in northern Europe, could be used to make sodium-ion batteries cheaply for use in electric vehicles, scientists at...
Oct 11, 2021
In a rocky Israeli crater, scientists simulate life on Mars
RAMON CRATER, Israel (Reuters) - From the door of the expedition base, a few small steps to the left an autonomous rover passes by. A few giant leaps to the right is an array of solar panels. The land...
Oct 10, 2021
Winds delay Blue Origin’s space launch with Shatner
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin said on Sunday it had pushed this week's launch target of its New Shepard vehicle to Wednesday, delaying "Star Trek" actor William Shatner's sojourn t...
Oct 10, 2021
Delta does not appear to make children sicker; Secondary immune response stronger after infection than after shot
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 have yet to be certifie...
Oct 08, 2021
Chinese lunar samples suggest moon cooled down later than thought
BEIJING (Reuters) - Remnants of solidified lava brought back by a Chinese mission were 1 billion years younger than material acquired by other missions decades ago, according to an article in the jour...
Oct 08, 2021
Japanese scientists work up an appetite for lab-grown Wagyu beef
By Rikako Murayama TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's famed Wagyu beef, a delicacy that can cost more than $200 a pound at some top restaurants, could become much more affordable in the form of a lab-grown rep...
Oct 08, 2021
And the 2021 Nobel Prizes go to men… so far
By Johan Ahlander, Gwladys Fouche and Julie Steenhuysen GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) - All eight winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes in medicine (https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceutica...
Oct 07, 2021
Booster shot improves immune response of chemotherapy patients; post-COVID depression helped by widely used drugs
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 have yet to be certifie...
Oct 06, 2021
Scientists List and MacMillan win Nobel Chemistry Prize
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - German Benjamin List and Scottish-born David MacMillan won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their development of asymmetric organocatalysis, a "new and ingenious tool for mo...
Oct 06, 2021
Ancient Indonesian woman reshapes views on spread of early humans
By Rahman Muchtar and Heru Asprihanto MAROS, Indonesia (Reuters) - Genetic traces in the body of a young woman who died 7,000 years ago furnish the first clue that mixing between early humans in Indon...
Oct 05, 2021
