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T cells found in coronavirus patients 'bode well' for long-term immunity

An global team of scientists isolated antibodies from a SARS survivor's "memory B cells " Memory B cells form after an infectious illness, and usually rememb...

Coronavirus Canada updates: Quebec identifies 570 new cases

Legault has warned that although daycares will be reopened, they will only operate at 50 percent capacity. The total number of deaths in the province is now 56,...

Nasa claims to have found parallel universe where time runs backwards

Researchers conducting an experiment in Antarctica discovered particles from a universe that was born during the same Big Bang the created the one we live in, ...

Astronomers discovered the first known Jupiter Trojan asteroid

Asteroids that behave like comets, emitting fuel or sublimating, are uncommon however not unknown , and are known as lively asteroids. Thus, the nature of 2019...

COVID-19 to hurt but not halt renewable energy growth says IEA

Birol said the resilience of the renewables industry can not be taken for granted, and warned governments against reining in clean energy spending to weather th...

Global CO2 emissions fall during lockdowns

The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17 percent at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown last month, a new study has found. For con...

Astronomers observe baby planet being born for first time ever

Over the past few months, Boccaletti and a team of astronomers from France, Taiwan, the USA and Belgium set out to capture a clearer picture by turning the SPHE...

Arthur downgraded to a 'post-tropical' storm

Meteorologists noted that Arthur is getting stronger this Sunday as he moves northwest away from the coasts of Florida, Georgia and SC, by Monday morning appro...

Astronomers spot first evidence of baby planet being born

Astronomers spotted a prominent spiral structure with a "twist" within the dust. The research could help us understand how the many thousands of exoplanets ...

SpaceX to launch new crew into orbit May 27

And for the first time in the history of human spaceflight, a private company, SpaceX, is providing the ride. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, ass...

Climate change may be turning the Antarctic green

Antarctica conjures images of an unbroken white wilderness, but blooms of algae are giving parts of the frozen continent an increasingly green tinge. Biologis...

Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, hospitalised with coronavirus

The Russian prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, also has Covid-19 and is being treated in hospital, though he was well enough to take part in a government vide...

Sun's Lack Of Activity Indicates Deep Solar Minimum Period

The NASA report said in 2014, there was a high rate of sunspots and solar flares. They denied rumors of an impending ice age. A rate higher than this was reco...

US Air Force Launches Mysterious X-37B Plane for Space Experiments

X-37B is a classified programme. It is one of two of the Air Force's winged space planes, which together have logged a combined 2,865 days in orbit as of Sund...

Putin praised the combat aviation of Russian Federation

In another new development, President Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov has confirmed he's being treated for COVID-19. Government officials att...

Border shock: Doubt cast on September reopening

Meantime Dr Young has defended the prolonged closure of Queensland's borders, insisting we have to "remain firm" despite growing calls to reopen the State. "Onc...

US Space Council Meets Ahead of Private, US Manned Launch

If you're curious to find out more about the daring mission, here is what you need to know. Later after nine years, he gave a helping hand to liftoff where th...

Some schools in Incheon, Anseong, delay reopening after daily infection tally doubles

However, new data appears to suggest that patients who test positive for COVID-19 after having previously recovered are not capable of transmitting the infect...

NASA head of human spaceflight resigns ahead of crewed SpaceX flight

In an email he wrote to top NASA officials that was obtained by The Post, Loverro wrote that NASA's mission "is certainly not easy, nor for the faint of heart...

Military spaceplane for its first Space Force mission

Local TV station WFTV is reporting weather is to blame. The Air Force, which own two X-37B vehicles, has historically been reticent to comment on the capabili...

Russian Federation now has second-most corona cases in the world

He is the latest high ranking Russian official to have caught the virus after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who contracted the infection at the end of April...

Mystery of lava-like flows on Mars is finally solved

Water-rich sediments were buried under the top layer of rocks, but now they break the surface, creating the typical volcanic terrain. These channels are incre...

Elaphrosaur: Rare dinosaur identified in Australia

The new species itself doesn't have an official name yet, but the specimen has been dubbed "Eric the Elaphrosaur", after the dig site where it was uncovered: Er...

Unmanned US space plane launched from Florida

It's the sixth flight of an X-37B, a solar-powered plane that's flown by remote control without a crew. The previous mission lasted a record two years, with a...

Space Force launch sends X-37B space plane on a new mission

The X-37B mystery mission rocket launch is taking place (or maybe already has, or maybe won't, depending on when you read this) today at the Air Force Station i...

NASA's Artemis Accords lay out some rules for joint space exploration

We are building a coalition of nations that can help us get to the Moon quickly and sustainably. NASA has unveiled a listing of 10 ideas for a set of bilatera...

Tropical Storm Arthur develops, becomes the first Atlantic-named storm in 2020

The showers aren't a side effect of the tropical storm, but a product of a cold front moving from the Tennessee Valley and through the Midlands, NWS meteorologi...

Tropical Storm Arthur forms, 1st named storm of hurricane season

Swells generated by Arthur are affecting parts of the southeast USA coast and are expected to spread northward along the US mid-Atlantic coast during the next d...

Virus Guts US Clean-Energy Jobs Gained Since '17, Report Says

Our Plan will benefit Tasmania through defining the pathway to securing a renewable energy future, creating thousands of local jobs, strengthening our economy a...

Moderna's potential coronavirus vaccine gains FDA's 'fast track' status

Another local biotechnology company is joining the research race for a coronavirus vaccine. Moderna previously received Fast Track designation for its inves...