For cancer cells to metastasize, they must first break free of a tumor’s own defenses. Most tumors are sheathed in a protective “basement” membrane — a thin, pliable film that holds cancer cells in place as they grow and divide. Before spreading to other parts of the body, the...
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Stripe raised $600 million in its latest round of fundraising, giving the payments processing software company a $95 billion valuation, it said in a press release yesterday. That makes Stripe, with dual headquarters in San Francisco and...
Drugs can only work if they stick to their target proteins in the body. Assessing that stickiness is a key hurdle in the drug discovery and screening process. New research combining chemistry and machine learning could lower that hurdle.
The new technique, dubbed DeepBAR, quickly calculates the binding affinities between...
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Google must face claims that it violates federal and California state privacy laws by collecting data about Chrome users who browse the web in "incognito" mode, a federal judge ruled Friday.
“Google did not notify users that...
China’s 14th five-year plan outlines the country’s economic priorities and stressed that technology will play an increasingly important large role.
Blockchain technology was mentioned for the first time ever in a draft of China’s national five-year policy plan, the final version of which was approved by lawmakers and advisers at...
Deutsche Börse has piloted the use of quantum algorithms to compute risk models, finding that the technology can bring down the time required for simulations from years to hours.
The exchange operator worked with JoS Quantum to develop a quantum algorithm that could tackle some of the limitations facing its...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has no doubt kept people at home. And with people at home and looking for hobbies, crafting has seen a boom that’s prompted action in the public markets.
Retail during the COVID-19 pandemic has...
Eli Lilly's antibody combo posted impressive new data.
Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 antibody combo already boasts an FDA authorization for patients at a high risk of developing severe disease, but now the company has even stronger data backing the duo.
In trial data released...
March 9, 2021 — Honeywell Quantum Solutions’ streak of setting new records for quantum volume continues.
Through performance upgrades, System Model H1 achieved a quantum volume of 512, the highest measured on a commercial quantum computer to date. It is...
MIT researchers have developed a way to produce holograms almost instantly. They say the deep learning-based method is so efficient that it could run on a smartphone. Image: MIT News, with images from iStockphoto
Despite years of hype, virtual reality headsets have yet to topple TV or computer screens as...
