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Transmission-Blocking Malaria Vaccine Gets Funding Boost

This malaria vaccine candidate is given to humans but targets mosquitoes, and clinical trials may commence in as little as four years.

Turning Cities Into Innovation Engines

Can smartphones improve our quality of life and make cities run more efficiently? SMU Associate Professor Rajesh Balan is working towards this vision.

A Spotlight On Jasmine Rice

SMU Assistant Professor Jacob Ricks examines how Thailand’s bureaucratic policies and organisations affect the development of its economy.

Beyond Wall Street to Suburban Streets

New research by SMU Assistant Professor Choi Hyun-Soo is uncovering the drivers behind household financial decision-making and the implications for the wider economy.

Leukemia Drug Could Treat Type 2 Diabetes

A drug currently used for leukemia has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity while causing less side effects than other drugs.

Repurposing Glucose Monitors To Detect Other Diseases

With a simple modification involving glucose-producing enzymes, a commercial glucose monitor can be used to detect other conditions such as heart disease.

China Could Be Facing A Pneumonia Epidemic This Year

Last December in Beijing, more than half of children in hospital for pneumonia had Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. This epidemic could continue well into 2016.

Researchers Discover Rare Proton Pattern In Ice

Water and ice cover most of our planet, but we know very little about them. Now, however, we have a better understanding of how atoms behave in ice.

The (White) Matter Of Insomnia

Insomnia may cause abnormalities in the white matter of the brain, including one region which regulates consciousness, sleep and alertness.