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China launches spacecraft via largest carrier rocket: CCTV
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday successfully launched its largest carrier rocket, which was carrying a new-generation spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV said. The Long March-5B carrier r...
May 05, 2020
How do koalas drink? Not the way you might think
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have solved a lingering mystery about koala behavior - how these tree-dwelling marsupials native to Australia consume enough water to live. A new study...
May 04, 2020
Neutralizing antibody; new virus details to aid vaccine research
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the viru...
May 04, 2020
Australia to pour $190 million into hydrogen projects
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian government on Monday set aside A$300 million ($191 million) to jumpstart hydrogen projects with the help of low-cost financing as the country aims to build the ind...
May 03, 2020
SpaceX to bring astronauts to short-handed Space Station for longer stay
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two NASA astronauts gearing up to ride SpaceX's new space taxi will now be on a mission planned to last more than a month, instead of a week, to help the short-...
May 01, 2020
Swiss soldiers pick up smartphones to fight COVID-19
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse CHAMBLON, Switzerland (Reuters) - In the battle against coronavirus, Swiss soldiers are using smartphones to test a new contact tracing application that could p...
May 01, 2020
Robots on hand to greet Japanese coronavirus patients in hotels
TOKYO (Reuters) - Coronavirus patients with light symptoms arriving to stay at several Tokyo hotels are likely to get a lift from a pleasant surprise - a robot greeter in the lobby. Japan is now using...
May 01, 2020
Moderna, Switzerland’s Lonza strike deal on potential COVID-19 vaccine
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc and Swiss contract drugmaker Lonza Group AG said on Friday they would accelerate the manufacturing of the U.S. drug developer's potential coronavirus vaccine. The announcement ...
Apr 30, 2020
The sun is less active than similar stars. That’s good news
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sun appears to be far less active than similar stars in terms of brightness variations caused by sunspots and other phenomena - a "boring" personality, accord...
Apr 30, 2020
Musk’s SpaceX, Bezos’ Blue Origin land contracts to build NASA’s astronaut moon lander
(Reuters) - NASA on Thursday selected space firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House's accelerated deadline ...
Apr 30, 2020
