Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
Family of Indian-American astronaut on Virgin Galactic crew “happy and overwhelmed”
GUNTUR, India (Reuters) - The grandfather of an Indian-American astronaut said he was "overwhelmed with joy" as she prepares to become only the second Indian-born woman to visit space. Sirisha Bandla,...
Jul 05, 2021
Lack of side effects doesn’t mean mRNA vaccine not working; mRNA shots limit breakthrough infection severity
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 ...
Jul 02, 2021
Science, industry team up in Italy to zap virus with laser
By Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) - A United Nations-backed scientific research centre has teamed up with an Italian tech firm to explore whether laser light can be used to kill coronavirus particles ...
Jul 02, 2021
Branson aims to make space trip on July 11, ahead of Bezos
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson will travel to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc's test flight on July 11, Branson's space tourism firm ...
Jul 01, 2021
Sick as a dog? Pets often catch COVID from humans, study finds
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - If you think you have COVID-19, it might be best to stay away from your pets, says the author of a Dutch study that found a surprising number of dogs and cats may be getting infe...
Jul 01, 2021
Trailblazing female pilot will go to space at age 82 with Jeff Bezos
(Reuters) - Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos will be joined by Wally Funk, one of the 13 women who passed NASA's astronaut training program in the 1960s, on the first crewed flight into space f...
Jul 01, 2021
Delta variant gains ground in U.S., men do worse with COVID-19
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 ...
Jun 30, 2021
‘Extreme’ white dwarf sets cosmic records for small size, huge mass
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In their death throes, roughly 97% of all stars become a smoldering stellar zombie called a white dwarf, one of the densest objects in the cosmos. A newly discove...
Jun 30, 2021
Pandemic tied to spike in diabetes in children; type of immune response lasts months after Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
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 ...
Jun 28, 2021
Vaccine-linked heart condition tends to resolve quickly; Delta variant fuses cells to infect more efficiently
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 ...
Jun 25, 2021
