Targeting old bottleneck reveals new anticancer drug strategy

The enzyme ribonucleotide reductase is a bottleneck for cancer cell growth. Scientists have identified a way…

More colorectal cancer cases are being diagnosed in younger patients

Average age at diagnosis in the United States has decreased over the past decade. …

Volcano eruption at different latitudes: A switch of hemispheric monsoon rainfall change

Volcanic eruptions eject sulfur dioxide gas high into the atmosphere, forming sulfate aerosol chemically, and block…

Strongman leaders make for weak economies, study finds

A study of dictators over the past 150 years shows they are rarely associated with strong…

Archaeological evidence verifies long-doubted medieval accounts of First Crusade

The Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte-led archaeological dig on Jerusalem’s Mount Zion has been going…

Eagle Scouts to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station

Fifty years after NASA astronaut and Eagle Scout Neil Armstrong sent greetings from space to the…

India Launches Mission To The Moon On Its Second Try

If Chandrayaan-2 reaches the moon as planned, India would become the fourth country to achieve a…

Goddard X-Ray Technology Opens New Frontiers In Space And Here On Earth

NASA has selected a breakthrough X-ray technology with diverse applications as the 2019 Government Invention of…

Strange stars that go supernova may be dimming because of dark matter

Some stars that go supernova are dimmer than we expect, so something must be filching their…

India has launched its Chandrayaan 2 mission to the moon

India launched its second moon mission on 22 July. The mission will place a lander and…