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Drugs, vaccines less effective vs new virus variants; antibody cocktail may protect patients’ contacts
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 ...
Jan 27, 2021
Babies from famed carnivorous dinosaur group were ‘born ready’ to hunt
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists for the first time have found embryonic remains from the group of ferocious meat-eating dinosaurs that includes T. rex - fossilized jaw and claw bones ...
Jan 26, 2021
Scientists in Greece find 20 million year-old petrified tree
By Elias Marcou LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) - Greek scientists on the volcanic island of Lesbos say they have found a rare fossilized tree whose branches and roots are still intact after 20 million years...
Jan 26, 2021
Scientists produce embryos in race to save northern white rhino from extinction
By Elena Gyldenkerne (Reuters) - Scientists working to save the northern white rhino from extinction have produced two more embryos of the world's most endangered mammal, increasing the number of viab...
Jan 26, 2021
Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger: Australian researcher
By Jill Gralow and James Redmayne SYDNEY (Reuters) - Inspired by the natural, twisting patterns of a lobster shell, Australian researchers say they have found a way, using 3D printing technology, to i...
Jan 26, 2021
Need a lift? SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare program
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - A veteran rocket from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX aerospace company launched 143 spacecraft into space on Sunday, a new record for the most spaceships deplo...
Jan 24, 2021
Children of Incan nobles found entombed in Peru after 500 years
By Reuters TV LIMA (Reuters) - Tombs containing the remains of two children thought to have belonged to the Incan societal elite have been discovered by a group of experts in northern Peru in the boun...
Jan 21, 2021
German scientists make paralyzed mice walk again
By Stephane Nitschke and Zuzanna Szymanska (Reuters) - German researchers have enabled mice paralyzed after spinal cord injuries to walk again, re-establishing a neural link hitherto considered irrepa...
Jan 21, 2021
Massive iceberg continues losing mass as it swirls around South Georgia island
By Cassandra Garrison (Reuters) - A massive Antarctic iceberg that last month threatened a penguin-populated island off the southern tip of South America has since lost much of its mass and broken int...
Jan 20, 2021
South African virus variant may resist antibody drugs; Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine seems to work vs UK variant
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 ...
Jan 20, 2021
