Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Science News (Master Feed)
No virus variants can evade all antibody types, so far; new variants can infect mice
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 ...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
Biden picks ex-U.S. Senator Nelson as NASA chief: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden has tapped former U.S. senator and astronaut Bill Nelson to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the White House said in a statement on Fr...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
Australia’s science agency ramps up security on foreign partnerships
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's science agency will screen collaborations with foreign partners for national security risks using a new digital tool that vets by country, looking for ...
Syndicated Content Mar 19, 2021
Space and sea explorer dives to deepest point on Earth
By Roselle Chen (Reuters) - Space and sea explorer Richard Garriott is the first person in the world to have explored the North Pole, the South Pole, flown to the International Space Station and desce...
Syndicated Content Mar 18, 2021
NASA, SpaceX sign agreement to enhance space safety
(Reuters) - NASA said on Thursday it had signed an agreement with billionaire Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX that would enable data sharing between the parties to maintain and improve space safety....
Syndicated Content Mar 18, 2021
Bizarre ancient shark glided through the sea with lengthy wing-like fins
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 93 million years ago, a bizarre plankton-eating shark shaped unlike any other known marine creature glided through the sea in what is now northeastern Mexic...
Syndicated Content Mar 18, 2021
NASA to test rocket engines that could eventually send humans to the moon
(Reuters) - NASA on Thursday will ignite the engines on a rocket that Boeing built to eventually launch Artemis missions to the moon after a previous test in January was cut short. NASA plans to condu...
Syndicated Content Mar 18, 2021
UK’s top COVID-19 virus hunter had a long and winding path to the top
By Guy Faulconbridge CAMBRIDGE, England (Reuters) - Sharon Peacock, one of the world's top scientific warriors in the battle with the 0.0001-millimetre virus that causes COVID-19, had to fight a much ...
Syndicated Content Mar 18, 2021
Virus variants found to be deadlier, more contagious; some may thwart vaccines
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 ...
Syndicated Content Mar 17, 2021
Mars long ago was wet. You may be surprised where the water went
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mars was once a wet world, with abundant bodies of water on its surface. But this changed dramatically billions of years ago, leaving behind the desolate landscap...
Syndicated Content Mar 17, 2021




