The researchers used prospective data from the National Cancer Database and examined the number of days between diagnosis and the first treatment for those newly diagnosed with early-stage solid-tumor cancers
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Newly identified gene helps time spring flowering in vital grass crops
Waking up to flower as the warmer, longer days of spring arrive — and the risk of a damaging frost recedes — requires a process called vernalization, in which flowering
Apple unleashes 18-core iMac Pro with 128GB RAM, bumps other Macs to Kaby Lake
Badly wanting to regain movement among a veteran crowd, Apple announced hardware improvements opposite both a iMac and MacBook Pro product lines during a Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday. The
Apple Music hits 27M paid subs, adds MusicKit API and social listening
Ping is still dead, but Apple Music is becoming more social, and more flexible so it can work with all your other devices or apps. This slew of new features
Revolutionary new materials for troubled carbon times: Super filters the world can afford
More than 4000 years later, in a study published in Nature Energy this month, researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), London’s Imperial College and City University
Micro-gene protects brain from developing epilepsy
In new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers headed by Prof. Hermona Soreq at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sought to
Marine reserves help mitigate against climate change, say scientists
Scientists say reserves can help marine ecosystems and people adapt to five key impacts of climate change: ocean acidification; sea-level rise; increased intensity of storms; shifts in species distribution, and
Hubble’s tale of two exoplanets: Nature vs. nurture
Lead researcher Giovanni Bruno of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, explained, “What we’re seeing in looking at the two atmospheres is that they’re not the same. One
Why rocks flow slowly in Earth’s middle mantle
Shim and his research team combined X-ray techniques in the synchrotron radiation facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Labs and atomic resolution electron microscopy at ASU to determine
We want to limit use of e2e encryption, confirms UK minister
The UK government has once again amped up its attacks on tech platforms’ use of end-to-end encryption, and called for International co-operation to regulate the Internet so that it cannot
Facebook now lets you find and contact your government reps right from your posts
Facebook has launched a new feature that makes it easier for users to share their views with their elected government officials directly from a Facebook post. In the “Compose” window
Overall geriatric health during androgen deprivation therapy evaluated
Seventeen patients were enrolled on the study with a median age of 75 years and 14 with metastatic disease. Two tools were used to measure function and vulnerability, namely the
Metal-ion catalysts and hydrogen peroxide could green up plastics production
Many plastics are made from molecules called olefins that are derived from organic materials such as fossil fuels. To form these types of plastics, olefin molecules must be altered using
App uses smartphone compass to stop voice hacking
With just a few minutes of audio samples, attackers can replay your voice convincingly enough to trick people as well as top digital security systems. The consequences, from impersonating you
Dying stars give newborn black holes a swift kick, study shows
Rochester Institute of Technology researcher Richard O’Shaughnessy and collaborators reanalyzed the merging black holes detected by LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) on Dec. 26, 2016. “Using essentially freshman physics,
