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Europes upgraded Vega space launcher makes inaugural flight

Europes upgraded Vega space launcher makes inaugural flight

The European Space Agency on Wednesday celebrated the first flight of its Vega-C rocket, which is designed to provide more bang for customers’… Read more

Rocket booster bursts into flames at SpaceX plant during test run

Rocket booster bursts into flames at SpaceX plant during test run

A booster rocket developed by Elon Musk`s SpaceX for its next-generation Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing on Monday… Read more

Contact lost with spacecraft on way to test moon orbit

Contact lost with spacecraft on way to test moon orbit

NASA said Tuesday it has lost contact with a $32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit, but agency engineers are… Read more

New Rapid COVID-19 Test CoVarScan Can Identify Different Variants in Hours Claim Researchers

New Rapid COVID-19 Test CoVarScan Can Identify Different Variants in Hours Claim Researchers

A team of researchers has developed a rapid COVID-19 test that might help identify different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 in just hours.

After… Read more

Scientists discover new giant water lily species

Scientists discover new giant water lily species

A new species of giant water lily has been discovered - and it’s been hiding in plain sight for 177 years.

The huge plant had been in… Read more

How much of our plastic recycling is actually recycled

How much of our plastic recycling is actually recycled

How much of our plastic 'recycling' is actually recycled

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Scientists Engineer Synthetic DNA To Study Architect Genes: Building Artificial Hox Genes Enables Researchers To See How Cells Learn Their Location In The Body

Scientists Engineer Synthetic DNA To Study Architect Genes: Building Artificial Hox Genes Enables Researchers To See How Cells Learn Their Location In The Body

Researchers at New York University have created artificial Hox genes — which plan and direct where cells go to develop tissues or organs… Read more

SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted by exposure to infectious respiratory fluids

SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted by exposure to infectious respiratory fluids

The principal mode by which people are infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is through exposure to respiratory fluids carrying… Read more