Russia stops rocket engine sales to US as space cooperation frays

The decades-old space partnership between Russia and the West may be going up in smoke, another victim of the invasion of Ukraine.   Early Thursday morning (March 3), London-based company OneWeb announced that it’s suspending launches of its satellites from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.  The decision came after Russia’s federal space agency, Roscosmos, … Read more

Beet armyworm: Gene editing stops female moths from producing pheromones

Female beet armyworms with a deleted gene don’t produce sex pheromones, which could be exploited as a way to control numbers of this agricultural pest Life 11 December 2021 By Gary Hartley The beet armyworm is a destructive crop pest Nigel Cattlin / naturepl.com Deleting a gene linked to the production of sex pheromones in … Read more