Sabotaged by bacteria?Tom Stewart/Corbis/Getty By Andy Coghlan Thanks to a chance discovery, researchers have uncovered one reason why chemotherapy drugs sometimes fail. It turns out that bacteria inside cancer cells can destroy some drugs, rendering them useless. The finding may explain why so few people with pancreatic cancer are successfully […]
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After an incredible 12 years of studying Saturn and its rings, Nasa’s Cassini mission is finally concluding its scientific voyage. Now that the spacecraft has used up its reserves of fuel, its operators back on Earth have set it on a collision course that will see it burn out at […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $45.5 million contract Sept. 12 to provide an advanced military anti-jamming capability for the Global Positioning System (GPS), but questions remain about when the service will be able to deploy the capability. The Military Code (M-Code) Early Use (MCEU) capability, […]
In another discovery that furthers our understanding of how the brain controls the body’s physiological needs, scientists have identified the neurons that effectively govern the instinct of thirst. Working with mice in the laboratory, the scientists could increase or decrease the amount of water consumed by the test subjects. In […]
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed an omnibus appropriations bill for fiscal year 2018 Sept. 14 that keeps funding for NASA and NOAA programs unchanged from earlier bills. The House passed by a 211–198 vote H.R. 3354, the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, which combined eight separate […]
Capping a week of incompetence, failures, and general shady behavior in responding to its massive data breach, Equifax has confirmed that attackers entered its system in mid-May through a web application vulnerability that had a patch available in March. In other words, the credit-reporting giant had more than two months […]
It’s been emotionalNASA/JPL-Caltech As the Cassini probe prepares to plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere for its grand finale, space enthusiasts may find themselves misty-eyed over a spacecraft’s demise once more. It is not unusual to have feelings for inanimate objects. Ever named a car or thumped a machine affectionately while calling […]
View photos An oily sea on a beach near Athens, five days after the sinking of a tanker, has triggered criticism from environmental groups over the Greek government’s response to the spill. (AFP Photo/Angelos Tzortzinis) More Athens (AFP) – Greece’s merchant marine minister defended on Thursday the government’s response to […]