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Mazes & Brains: When Preconception Trumps Logic

Using fMRI scans, researchers have identified the pattern of brain activity associated with getting directions wrong.

Protecting Children Receiving Liver Transplants From HepB

The ability to prevent recipients from developing hepatitis B from donated livers could increase the donor pool.

Soccer-Inspired Strategy Uncovers Links Between Cognition & Neurodevelopmental Disorders

A systems genetics approach has helped scientists discover the network of genes involved in both cognition and neurodevelopmental disease.

Wasp Larvae Jump To The Dark Side

Larvae of Bathyplectes anurus wasps jump into the shade to increase their chances of survival.

Potential Target For TGF-β-Driven Cancers Found

The finding that USP15 enhances the stability of TGF-β signaling suggests that targeting USP15 could help treat cancers with TGF-β hyperactivation.

Qian Xuesen Lab & PSI To Cooperate On Space Exploration

The Qian Xuesen Lab of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has signed an agreement with the Planetary Science Institute.

The Rainmaker

Professor Lam Khin Yong has managed to combine two careers: one as a hands-on scientist and another as one of Singapore’s preeminent research rainmakers.

Shaping Molecules And Universities

An early proponent of interdisciplinary research, Professor Huang Hsing Hua helped to lay the groundwork for excellent research over the course of his long tenure at the National University of Singapore.

Wealth And Intelligence, Re-defined

Once set on becoming a medical doctor, Professor Hang Chang Chieh's path was changed by the desire to help Singapore grow through engineering instead.

Three Coronavirus Species Found Co-Circulating In Camels In Saudi Arabia

Evidence from a next generation sequencing study suggests that camels are a reservoir of the MERS virus and a significant source of human infections.