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Science Mourns Stephen Hawking’s Death
Physicist and icon of science dies at age 76 Stephen Hawking, one of the most influential physicists of the twentieth century and perhaps the most celebrated icon of contemporary science, has di...
Kia shows 2019 K900 interior in teaser sketch
It’ll go on sale in the second quarter of 2018. The new K900’s cabin looks to be a big step forward in terms of design. Kia’s second-generation K900 luxury sedan is nearly ready to ...
Microsoft’s new gaming cloud division readies for a future beyond Xbox
Cloud services seen as the future of games Microsoft shipped its first video game in 1981, appropriately named Microsoft Adventure. It was an MS-DOS game that booted directly from a floppy disk, and ...
The state of Android security: Great on Oreo, but most phones are missing out
Google has released its annual report on Android security and the message is clear: The devices running the latest version of Android are among the safest you can buy. Through a combination of feat...
Graphene-alternative 2D material extracted from molten metal looks promising
Gallenene has shown promise as an efficient metal contact in 2D electronic devices. Gallenene is to gallium what graphene is to carbon Gallenene joins graphene in the second dimension Gallenene wa...
What Is China’s Tiangong Program? Space Station Plan Strong Despite Tiangong-1 Failure
Ever since its failure was confirmed in late 2015, China’s Tiangong-1 spacecraft has been tracked by organizations to try determine where it will fall following reentry, expected to take place in t...
Machine Learning Drug Discovery Applications – Pfizer, Roche, GSK, and More
Discovering a new drug is a long, expensive and often haphazard process. Thousands of compounds are subject to a progressive series of tests, and only one might turn out to be a viable drug. Any tool ...
Study sheds new light on mechanism of breast cancer treatment resistance
A study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has illuminated a specific mechanism by which estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers can become resistant to standard therapies and meta...
The sugar-attaching enzyme that defines colon cancer
Researchers have identified an enzyme that is absent in healthy colon tissue but abundant in colon cancer cells, according to a report in the Jan. 26 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The...