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Not A Numbers Game: Gene Regulation Made Vertebrates Special
The ability to regulate genes, rather than the sheer number of genes, is responsible for the development of a backbone in animals, scientists say.
Chihaya Adachi Receives 2018 Nagoya Silver Medal
Professor Chihaya Adachi was conferred the award for his research on high-performance organic light-emitting transistors and laser diodes.
Biodegradable Microneedles Painlessly Deliver Drugs To The Eye
Scientists in Singapore have developed a microneedle patch that could be used to treat eye diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration.
Tsinghua University Wins Student Supercomputing Competition At SC18
A computing cluster built by students from Tsinghua University outperformed those of 14 other international teams in a variety of tasks, including parallel deep learning and weather forecasting.
Raspberry-Shaped Particles Detoxify Carbon Monoxide
Japanese researchers have created a ‘nano-raspberry’ to neutralize poisonous carbon monoxide.
Drug-Resistant Bacteria Linked To Higher In-Hospital Deaths In India
An international research group has demonstrated that multi-drug resistant or extensively drug resistant bacteria are becoming a threat to public health in India.
Astronomers Discover New Planet Orbiting Nearby Star
The candidate planet, named Barnard’s star b, is a super-Earth with a minimum of 3.2 Earth masses, according to scientists from Spain and Hong Kong.
How Sperm Home In On Eggs
Researchers have identified a calcium transporter on the cell membranes of sperm that plays a role in sperm mobility.
Helping Robots Put Their Best Face Forward (VIDEO)
A research group at Osaka University, Japan, has found a way to improve the expressiveness of robots' faces.