CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 6 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release: * * * Key Building Block for Life Discovered in Planet-Forming Disk CfA astronomers have helped discover rare types of methanol, a building block required for life as we know it to form. * Cambridge, MA - Astronomers have found a rare form of methanol, a type of alcohol, in a planet-forming disk, providing a critical step in understanding how life beyond Earth may form. Thi  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Michael Duffey Assumes Role as New Acquisition, Sustainment Chief * Michael P. Duffey was sworn in today as undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment following a swift Senate confirmation that places him in charge of the Defense Department's vast procurement, sustainment and industrial base enterprise. After Duffey received Senate confirmation yesterday, Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Fein  more