It is International Waffle Day on Thursday and, just in case it is not marked in the diary, the French Rugby Federation provided a timely reminder on social media. It…
Day: April 8, 2021

New sequencing approach finds triple-negative breast cancers continue accumulating genetic changes during tumor growth
Overcoming previous technical challenges with single-cell DNA (scDNA) sequencing, a group led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has developed a novel method for scDNA…

Activist-backed proposal for Toshiba probe received 58% of shareholder votes
About 58% of Toshiba Corp shareholders last week voted in favour of an independent probe into allegations that investors were pressured ahead of last year’s annual general meeting, a breakdown…

Intel Iris Xe DG1 GPU first benchmark suggests inferior performance to the Radeon RX 550
The first benchmark of the Intel Xe DG1 graphics card has been added to the Basemark GPU database. It's still too soon to draw conclusions, but based on this result…

Inside the design of the Australian pedestrian crossing button used in a Billie Eilish song
While everyday Australians may take no notice of the button installed at pedestrian crossings, the ingenious design has been described as the best in the world - and even featured…