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Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Sayed Azam-Ali
Just four crops provide 60 percent of the world's food supply. Scientists like Sayed Azam-Ali are hoping to change that for the better.
Terahertz Wireless Links Could Transfer Digital Data In A Snap
Terahertz wireless links to spaceborne satellites could enable transferring the entire content of a DVD in a fraction of a second.
How X-Rays Are Absorbed By Matter
An X-ray beam can ionize matter in just a few hundred femtoseconds, researchers say.
Singaporean & Israeli Universities Sign Cybersecurity Research Agreement
NTU Singapore and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel have signed a joint research agreement for cybersecurity innovations.
Catching A Black Hole By Its Tail
A tell-tale tail has given away the location of a previously hidden black hole near the supernova remnant W44.
Spider Silk Inspires Artificial Muscles
In response to water, spider silk can stretch and shrink like human muscle.
Lab-Grown Pancreas Reverse Diabetes In Mice
The success of a rat-to-mouse pancreas transplant suggests that such interspecies transplants could help meet the need for donor organs.
Corralling Calcium Ions With Lasers
With the help of non-damaging near-infrared lasers, researchers can now precisely control the capture and release of calcium ions in vivo.
The Ancient Origins Of East Asian Ancestry
Modern day East Asian populations living in the Amur Basin can trace their ancestry to Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived in the same area nearly 8,000 years ago.