[ad_1] PULLMAN, Washington – A honey bee-fed mushroom extract dramatically reduces virus levels, according to a new article published by scientists at Washington State University, the USDA and colleagues at Fungi Perfecti, …
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[ad_1] October 4, 2018 – Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut launched World Space Week Thursday (October 4th) on their way home after a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station. …
Read More »A mushroom extract could save bees from a killer virus
[ad_1] Bees, as you have probably heard, are dying, in large numbers. Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, wasting is one of the causes of a well-known pest Varroa destructor. A flat, button-shaped …
Read More »Mushrooms provide powerful drugs to fight against bee viruses
[ad_1] Steve Sheppard and his team provide the mushroom extract to a colony of bees as part of their experiment. The bees that received the extract showed a significant decrease in viral …
Read More »The Soyuz capsule brings back three planes from the station after six months of orbit
[ad_1] A Russian Soyuz ferry carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts unloaded Thursday morning from the International Space Station, took a tour around the 20-year-old outpost for a photographic survey …
Read More »NASA and the Israeli Space Agency will send landing craft on SpaceIL by 2019 | Science | New
[ad_1] The US Space Agency has signed an agreement and will provide a laser retroreflector to facilitate ground tracking and the Deep Space network to facilitate inter-mission communication. The SpaceIL-like spider-like gear …
Read More »World Space Week: How satellites and data analysis save the planet
[ad_1] World Space Week begins today, Thursday, October 4 – a series of world events organized by the United Nations. This year's theme is "Space Unites the World". Three new reports released …
Read More »Curiosity Rover to temporarily change "brain"
[ad_1] A self-portrait taken by NASA's Curiosity robot, produced as part of Sol 2082 (June 15, 2018). A Martian dust storm reduced sunlight and visibility on the location of the vehicle in …
Read More »Scientists find oldest bone knife in North Africa in Morocco
[ad_1] © COUNCILS OF THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, LONDON (2018), S. BELLO AND MOHAMMED KAMAL (FOTOKAM, MOROCCO) Rabat- Scientists have discovered a 90,000 year old bone knife made from an animal's …
Read More »Hubble's new observations reinforce evidence of an elusive exomoon
[ad_1] Portrait of the exomoon by an artist – a moon the size of Neptune orbiting a large exoplanet resembling Jupiter.Image: Dan Durda Astronomers have confirmed thousands of planets outside our solar …
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