IMAGE: deepai COLOGNE, Dec 31 – Scientists in Germany have identified a biological mechanism that helps explain why small cell lung cancer (SCLC), one of the most aggressive forms of lung cancer, relapses quickly despite…
Philips establishes alliance with MIT
Company moves R&D headquarters to Cambridge and establishes a five-year, $25 million research alliance. [caption id="attachment_4268" align="alignright" width="300"] Henk van Houten, global head of Philips Research, and Associate Provost Karen GleasonPhoto Credit: Dominick Reuter[/caption] (Cambridge,…
High-school student wins prize for ice cube experiment
High-school student Arthur Admiraal has been awarded the prestigious Hugo van Woerden Prize by the Royal Netherlands Association for Meteorology and Astronomy (KNVWS). He has been honoured for an experiment he performed in the Large Diameter…
May 13, 1992, Record-Setting Spacewalk on Shuttle Endeavour’s…
[caption id="attachment_4238" align="alignright" width="300"] Image Credit: NASA[/caption] On May 13, 1992, following the successful capture of the Intelsat VI satellite, three astronauts continue moving the 4.5 ton communications satellite into the space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay.…
ESA mourns the loss of Director Antonio Fabrizi
ESA HQ-- On Saturday 16 May, after a long illness, ESA Director of launchers Antonio Fabrizi passed away in Rome at the age of 67.On hearing the sad news, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said, "ESA…