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How Bunyaviruses Attack And Enter

Scientists in China have determined the structure of the a key glycoprotein in two viruses that cause febrile illnesses.

Super Steel For Aerospace And Defense Applications

Scientists from Hong Kong, Beijing and Taiwan have developed a low-cost 'super steel' that overcomes the strength-ductility trade off in conventional metallic materials.

Asia’s Rising Scientists: Swaine Chen

Dr. Swaine Chen seeks to uncover the secret lives of bacteria and develop tools to characterize and understand them better.

Evaluating Drug Toxicity On A Chip

Scientists in Japan have invented a ‘body-on-a-chip’ device that can be used for pre-clinical testing of drug side effects.

Innate Lymphoid Cells Suppress Gut Inflammation

Scientists in China have identified a subpopulation of innate lymphoid cells that suppress inflammation in the gut.

Deforestation Linked To Poor Health In Cambodian Children

Research in Cambodia suggests the importance of considering health impacts when assessing tradeoffs in land use planning.

NTU Partners With NNI For Neurology Research

NTU Singapore and NNI are collaborating to bring engineers and clinicians under one roof to conduct research on neurological diseases.

Bacterial Infection Stresses Blood Stem Cells

Bacterial infections can reduce the self-renewal capacity of hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow, study says.

Math In A Time Of Cholera

Using mathematical models to analyze data from the World Health Organization, scientists in Japan accurately forecasted the peak of the 2017 cholera outbreak in Yemen.