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Soft, But Stronger Than Steel
By combining soft hydrogels with a woven glass fiber fabric, researchers have made a highly flexible composite material that is tougher than steel.
Smashing Silicon To Make Lithium Batteries
Pulverized waste silicon be recycled into a high-performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries.
Cipla Launches Hepatitis B Vaccine In India
Cipla's hepatitis B vaccine can prevent 95 percent of the recipients from developing a chronic infection, protecting them for decades.
Asia’s Rising Scientists: Suidjit Luanpitpong
Cancer still strikes fear, but researchers like Suidjit Luanpitpong are working on treatments so that a diagnosis is no longer a death sentence.
Yoshinori Ohsumi To Receive Japan’s Order Of Culture
Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi is the 385th person to be awarded the Order of Culture, Japan's highest cultural honor.
Health Risks Loom As Fast Food Sales Increase In Asia
The huge growth in sales of fast food and drinks has major health implications for people in Asia, researchers say.
Sugar-Coated Catalysts That Work In Live Mice
Carbohydrate structures called glycans could help researchers send metal catalysts to specific tissues without the need for time-consuming antibody development.
Seeing The World Through Fresh (Zebrafish) Eyes
Using imaging and bioengineering techniques, scientists were able to observe how the eyes develop in live zebrafish embryos.
Blasting Leftover Antibiotics With Electrons To Prevent Resistance
Scientists in China have used high energy radiation to degrade antibiotic residues, an important step in preventing antimicrobial resistance.