Science News

Tue, February 21, 2012

Scientists seek partners for medical isotope process

TORONTO (Reuters) - Several companies are in talks with Canadian scientists on commercializing a new method to produce a crucial medical isotope without using feedstock ...

Former astronaut John Glenn talks with the crew of the International Space Station as they kick off the agency's two-day Future Forum at The

Mon, February 20, 2012

Astronaut Glenn calls historic flight "best day" of his life

By Jim Leckrone

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Astronaut John Glenn, marking the 50th anniversary on Monday of his historic flight as the first American to ...

JOHN GLENN GIVES THUMBS UP AS HE ARRIVES FOR SHUTTLE LAUNCH.

Sun, February 19, 2012

Fifty years after Glenn flight, U.S. buying rides to space

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Fifty years after John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, NASA no longer has the ...

Fri, February 17, 2012

Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now: WHO

By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland

GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that ...

Fri, February 17, 2012

Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now: WHO

By Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland

GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that ...

Fri, February 17, 2012

China to launch next manned spacecraft in summer

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch its next manned space mission sometime between June and August, which will attempt to dock with an experimental module ...

Fri, February 17, 2012

Tasmanian devil genome mapping may help humans too

By Maggie Lu-YueYang

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Scientists have mapped the genome of Australia's endangered Tasmanian devil for the first time and found that deadly ...

Thu, February 16, 2012

Spacewalkers prepare Russian module for dumping

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pair of Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station on Thursday to prepare for the ...

Thu, February 16, 2012

Study finds one percent of human genes switched off

By Kate Kelland

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists studying the human genome have found that each of us is carrying around 20 genes that have been ...

Thu, February 16, 2012

Scientists find some of world's tiniest chameleons

BERLIN (Reuters) - Scientists say they have discovered a species of chameleon so small it can balance on the tip of a match.

The miniature ...