(Reuters) – Bristol-Myers Squibb Co on Saturday said that an experimental cancer therapy it acquired as part of its $74 billion deal for Celgene Corp produced positive results in a clinical trial. FILE PHOTO: Logo of global biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb is pictured on the blouse of an employee in Le Passage, near Agen, France
Sunlight streaming through a forest of giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, off Catalina Island, … [+] California, USA. (Photo by: David Fleetham/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Scuba divers along the California coast have been watching the kelp forests steadily disappear for years, and everyone is pointing fingers at
Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett: “It is time for us to move forward with the Space Force.” LOS ANGELES — A bipartisan deal struck between congressional leaders and the White House would allow the Defense Department to establish a U.S. Space Force as a separate military branch. The compromise language in the National Defense Authorization
(Reuters) – Nearly half of lymphoma patients treated with Gilead Sciences Inc’s Yescarta were alive at least three years after a one-time infusion of the CAR-T cell therapy, according to data presented on Saturday. FILE PHOTO: A Gilead Sciences, Inc. logo is seen outside the company headquarters in Foster City, California, U.S. May 1, 2018.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch harvest a crop of Mizuna mustard greens grown for … [+] the Veg-04B investigation, part of a phased research project to address the need for fresh food production in space. Credit: NASA If you’re an astronaut living on the International Space Station, you get regular shipments of freeze-dried
Ron Lopez, president of Astroscale U.S.: ‘The Air Force is talking about safety, congestion and how that affects resilience’ LOS ANGELES — Astroscale, a Japanese company that recently stood up an American subsidiary, sees the U.S. military as a potential customer for the company’s debris removal and other in-orbit services. Astroscale is preparing to demonstrate
The gene-editing performed on Chinese twins last year meant to immunise them against HIV may have failed in its purpose and created unintended mutations, scientists said Tuesday after the original research was made public for the first time. Excerpts from the manuscript were released by the MIT Technology Review for the purpose of showing how
A woman snacks on french fries from a food truck in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Boston Globe via Getty Images Panic is setting in about a potential french fry shortage in the near future, due to a poor potato harvest in the United States and Canada. Headlines speculate that people will need to find new sides to
WASHINGTON — SpaceX will conduct an in-flight abort test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft in early January as the launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on an uncrewed test flight slips another day, NASA announced Dec. 6. In one statement, NASA said the in-flight abort test for Crew Dragon is currently scheduled for no earlier than
Takahashi’s daughter reported that he was re-reading Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time on … [+] the evening of his death. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Geochemist Taro Takahashi, who helped discover the ocean’s vital role as a carbon sink, died on December 3, 2019 at the age of 89. Takahashi was born in Japan in
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab successfully launched several smallsats Dec. 6 on an Electron mission also designed to test technologies to make the rocket’s first stage reusable. The Electron lifted off from the company’s launch site on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula at 3:18 a.m. Eastern after more than a week of delays caused by ground equipment
Antimatter sounds like science fiction, but it’s definitely science fact. But scientists are … [+] puzzled why we see none of it in the cosmos. Getty The answer to that question is an interesting one, which depends on how one understands the statistical analysis of complex experiments. The experimental result could be the early signs of
The U.S. Air Force just held its inaugural “Space Pitch Day” in which small businesses were given a chance to win contracts on the spot. No red tape. Officials said this will become an annual thing. Live pitch events are one of several avenues the Air Force is pursuing to attract U.S.-owned startups and commercial
SpaceX has launched a Dragon spacecraft with more than 2,585 kg of NASA cargo and science investigations, including studies of malting barley in microgravity, the spread of fire, and a group of 40 genetically enhanced “mighty mice” to study bone and muscle loss. Launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Mustafa Sayed / Flickr If you’re an Airbnb host, you might want to get yourself a make-over before making over your apartment. According to new research published in the Journal of Economic Psychology, more attractive Airbnb hosts are able to charge more for their rental properties than less attractive hosts. “Some studies have shown that
WASHINGTON — Kacific Broadband Satellites, a startup that ordered a geostationary satellite from Boeing despite reservations about the absence of U.S. export-credit financing, on Dec. 5 said it tapped European and Asian lenders to refinance loans used to buy the satellite. Kacific’s first satellite, Kacific-1 launches Dec. 15 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Kacific-1
Have you heard the term the Internet of Bodies (IoB)? That may conjure up a few thoughts that have nothing to do with the true nature of the term, but it’s about using the human body as the latest data platform. At first, this concept seems quite creepy, but then when you realize the possibilities
Étienne Schneider, deputy prime minister of Luxembourg, frequently tells the story of how he got interested in building a space resources industry in the country. His efforts to diversify the country’s economy several years ago led to a meeting with Pete Worden, at the time the director of NASA’s Ames Research Center and a proponent
FILE PHOTO: Bret Greenstein, IBM Global Vice President of Watson Internet of Things Offerings, holds a clone of an artificial intelligence bot named CIMON, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An intelligent robot equipped with emotion-sensing voice detectors was headed to the International Space Station
Numata longwing butterfly resting on a leaf, Heliconius numata, This unpalatable tropical butterfly … [+] co-mimics other unpalatable tiger-pattern butterflies in the genus Melinaea, Butterfly farm, La Selva Reserve, Rio Napo drainage, Amazon Basin, Ecuador, Photographed under controlled conditions (Photo by Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images Over
Fifty years ago, the Apollo 11 moon landing changed how the world viewed space exploration. For the millions of people who watched Neil Armstrong take his first step on the moon’s surface, it inspired new horizons for the human spirit and imagination and even offered the possibility of life beyond our pale blue dot. It’s
The hot star at the centre of our solar system, Sun, has remained a history in terms of how it maintains its multi-million-degree temperatures. However, researchers in a new discovery have found a probable way to answer the question. The ground-breaking new discovery of why the Sun’s magnetic waves strengthen and grow as they emerge
PALISADES, N.Y. (Reuters) – Some 20 miles north of New York City, a team of scientists is searching for clues about how the environment is changing by studying organisms not usually found in the woods around here: corals. A school of fish swim above a staghorn coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef
This was SpaceX’s 12th launch of the year. SpaceX SpaceX has successfully launched a cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, carrying 2,600 kilograms of supplies and experiments for the astronauts on board the station. The U.S. company’s Dragon spacecraft lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida
WASHINGTON — British satellite operator Inmarsat delisted from the London Stock Exchange Dec. 5, completing a $3.3 billion buyout that some shareholders sought to delay. The High Court of Justice in England and Wales approved the buyout by a private equity consortium Dec. 3, completing the last step Inmarsat needed for the deal to close.
FILE PHOTO: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., August 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Brown WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Troves of new data from a NASA probe’s close encounters with the sun are giving scientists unique insight about the solar wind and space weather more generally as the spacecraft
A new study of over 46,000 women in the U.S. has suggested there may be a link between commonly used … [+] hair dying and straightening products and breast cancer. Getty New research featuring over 46,000 women in the U.S. has revealed potentially worrying links between the use of certain hair products and the risk
WASHINGTON — NASA space station managers are still trying to find ways to squeeze in at least three spacewalks into a crowded schedule before the station’s crew drops to three people in February. NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano completed the third in a series of spacewalks Dec. 2 to repair the
Ledgers recording body size measurements, measuring tools and a Tennessee Warbler belonging to Field Museum scientist, Dave Willard, who took measurements of 70,716 bird specimens of migratory birds that died in collisions with buildings in Chicago over a period of about four decades are pictured in this photo released on December 4, 2019. Field Museum/Kate
Many of the U.S.’s top, potato-producing states couldn’t withstand what was a cold and wet harvest … [+] season, and its disastrous timing Getty Much of this year’s agriculture weather news focused on the corn belt with its spring flooding, late planting and potential early freezes. There have been significant weather impacts to other agriculture
WASHINGTON — Sky and Space Global, a startup planning a constellation of 200 cubesats for low-data-rate communications, has narrowed its near-term focus to raising enough money for an initial eight satellites. Difficulty obtaining financing has delayed Sky and Space Global’s target launch, once anticipated for late 2019, to the end of 2020, the company said
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief K Sivan has claimed that the Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-2 had been spotted by the space agency’s own orbiter much ahead of NASA, which on Tuesday announced that it had located the debris of Vikram’s crash landing on the moon in September last year and credited Chennai based engineer
Pixel2013 / Pixabay There are many reasons why people share articles online. Sometimes it is to demonstrate an expertise or interest in a certain area. Sometimes it’s an attempt to change people’s minds. Other times, it is simply to share with the world something that brought them a moment of joy or inspiration. But what
WASHINGTON — The new head of NASA’s human spaceflight programs affirmed his support for the Space Launch System Dec. 3, saying the long-delayed heavy-lift rocket is “absolutely mandatory” for returning humans to the moon. Speaking at a town hall meeting with agency employees at NASA Headquarters, Doug Loverro, who started work Dec. 2 as the
In Newton’s theory of gravity, orbits make perfect ellipses when they occur around single, large… [+] masses. However, in General Relativity, there is an additional precession effect due to the curvature of spacetime, and this causes the orbit to shift over time, in a fashion that is sometimes measurable. Mercury precesses at a rate of
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a reorganization of the office that oversees commercial launches in a bid to improve its efficiency as the number of launches grows. During a panel discussion at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce commercial space conference here Dec. 3, Wayne Monteith, FAA associate administrator for commercial space transportation,
MADRID (Reuters) – The past decade is almost certain to be the hottest on record, weather experts warned on Tuesday, painting a bleak picture of vanishing sea ice, devastating heatwaves and encroaching seas in a report launched at a climate summit in Spain. FILE PHOTO: An iceberg floats in a fjord near Tasiilaq, Greenland, June
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Bengal cat communicating through posture (pictured) and volatile organic compounds (not pictured). Getty If you’ve encountered one of the nearly 100 million cats in the U.S., you know that cats regularly show us their butt. Why? It’s thought to be a sign of affection. Cats, much
Griffin warned that projects are being delayed and some may be prevented from happening because of the lack of funding. WASHINGTON — The newly created Space Development Agency has laid out ambitious plans to develop new satellite constellations for military communications and missile defense. For now, many of the agency’s efforts are temporarily on hold
Shanmuga Subramanian, the eagle-eyed citizen space scientist who found Vikram Moon lander said on Tuesday that he took spotting it as a challenge when NASA couldn’t. He said in an email interview to IANS: “It was something challenging as even NASA can’t find out so why can’t we try out? And that’s the thought that
LONDON (Reuters) – Braving perils from blood-sucking leeches to tigers and using transport as basic as elephants, scientists have journeyed like “Indiana Jones” to remote locations to collect wild cousins of crop seeds in a project to help tackle climate change. A report released on Tuesday presented the results of a six-year quest to collect
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is an organization that I have been a member of much of my professional career as a scientist. According to press release issued by the University of Georgia, it as “an international nonprofit scientific association with 60,000 members in 137 countries….established in 1919 by the National Research Council and operated
HELSINKI — China will attempt major space exploration missions and test new rockets in 2020 while also looking to continue a launch rate which has seen it lead the world in orbital launches over the past two years. Zhuang Jingguo, chief engineer of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the country’s man space
When a black hole and a companion star orbit one another, the star’s motion will change over time… [+] owing to the gravitational influence of the black hole, while matter from the star can accrete onto the black hole, resulting in X-ray and radio emissions. Recently, a 70 solar mass black hole was found fitting
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Have you heard of an x-ray laser before? Did you know that there is a huge x-ray laser in the heart of Silicon Valley in California that can help us discover a myriad of information about the Universe we live in. This x-ray laser lives in
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) rocket carrying advanced earth observation satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 US nano satellites lifted off from the second launch pad of the rocket port in Sriharikota on Wednesday. At about 9:28am the 44.4 metres tall, weighing 320-ton rocket blasted off from the second launch pad at the country’s rocket port here.
King Charles II of Spain was the last in the Habsburg line and one of the most afflicted with the … [+] facial deformity Don Juan Carreño de Miranda/T&F Group The Habsburgs came seemingly from nowhere (but specifically from Austria) to take control of much of Europe and colonial stakes in the America over a
SAN FRANCISCO – TriSept Corp., a launch integration and mission management company, announced Dec. 2 an $18 million indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to support NASA cubesat launches. Under the new contract, NASA will have the option of turning to TriSept of Chantilly, Virginia, for mission integration services and dispenser hardware in support of cubesat
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