(Reuters) – The following is a roundup of some recent scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find a cure for the disease caused by the virus, Covid-19, and a vaccine. July 21, 2017, A woman puts a gauze on her finger after a blood sugar test at …
Read More »Astronauts harvest roots at the International Space Station
NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 flight engineer Kate Rubins examines the growing root plants for the Plant Housing-02 experiment, which aims to optimize plant growth in space and evaluate plant nutrition and taste.Photo: NASA If you are a fan of the movie Martian, In which Matt Damon’s rugged little potato …
Read More »See scenes of the catastrophic fall
Remote camera and drone footage of the crash of the Ci Resibo Radio Telescope platform have just been released. The main 05-meter dish sat on the ground in a remote part of Puerto Rico, with a platform with 90,000 tons of receivers and other equipment suspended 150 meters above it. …
Read More »Astronomers unveil most detailed 3D map of galaxy Science
Astronomers have unveiled the most accurate 3D map of the galaxy yet, promising to shed fresh light on the galaxy’s workings and the mysteries of the vast universe. The giant electronic atlas was compiled from data collected by the European Space Agency’s Gaia Observatory, which is scanning the sky from …
Read More »Moon probe preparing to return rock samples to Earth
BEIJING (AP) – China on Thursday said its latest lunar probe has finished taking samples of the moon’s surface and sealed the inside of the spacecraft to return to Earth, the first such attempt by any country in more than 40 years. Chang 5, the third Chinese probe into landing …
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