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In this photo provided by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, the Progress MS-16 cargo blasts off from the launch pad at Russia's space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.

Russian Cargo Ship Docks at ISS

The Progress MS-16 cargo ship delivered water, propellant and other supplies to the orbiting outpost.

In this file photo, workers at Amazon's fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y., gather outside to protest work conditions.

New York Sues Amazon Over Worker Safety

New York claims Amazon showed a "flagrant disregard for health and safety requirements" and retaliated illegally against employees who raised alarms.

In this file photo doses of AstraZeneca vaccines for COVID-19 sit in vials.

WHO Authorizes AstraZeneca's COVID Vaccine for Emergency Use

The announcement should trigger the delivery of hundreds of millions of doses to the world's most vulnerable people.

Mike McDermott, president of global supply since 2019.

Insider Q&A: Pfizer Exec on Ramping Up Vaccine Supply

"We look at reducing wait times when changing over between batches, doubling of our batch size, increasing yields per batch."

Peter Ben Embarek of the World Health Organization holds up a chart showing pathways of transmission of the virus during a press conference in Wuhan, Feb. 9, 2021.

Coronavirus Unlikely to Have Leaked from Lab

A closely watched visit to Wuhan did not dramatically change current understanding of the pandemic.

With the help of newly developed inks and special production techniques, such as origami, inexpensive thermoelectric generators can be produced for various applications.

Printed Generators Could Power the IoT

Researchers developed a process for printing inexpensive, three-dimensional thermoelectric generators.

3D shape created in Kyungsuk Yum's lab.

Programming Technology Transforms 2D Materials into 3D Shapes

Researchers hope that synthetic materials can mimic how living organisms expand and contract soft tissues.

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Caterpillar Sales Slip, but Results Top Expectations

The pandemic continues to sap demand for big machinery.

Aerial photo of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant's reactors, Okuma, Japan, Sept. 4, 2017.

New Contamination May Delay Fukushima Cleanup

An investigation detected dangerously high levels of radioactive contamination at two of three reactors.

Amazon Offers to Help with Vaccine Distribution

If there's one thing Amazon knows, it's logistics.

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Canada Urges Biden Not to Cancel Oil Pipeline on First Day

Canadian officials want a chance to make the case for the Keystone XL.

An elderly Chinese man looks at map of Chinese showing its different ethnic groups and the slogan 'Ethnic Unity' in Beijing, China Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government polices had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being 'baby-making machines.'

US to Block Cotton from China Region Targeted in Crackdown

US Customs will use its authority to block products suspected of being produced with forced labor.