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Self-Driving Cabs Hit Singapore Streets
Select members of the public will be invited to hop onto a nuTonomy self-driving car within the one-north business district.
There Are Way More TB Cases In India Than Estimated: Study
Research suggests that the number of TB cases in India may be twice or thrice current estimates.
Fruit Flies Ignore Their Hunger To Pupate
Researchers have found a circuit of nerve cells in fruit fly brains that push them to enter the pupal stage, despite a lack of proteins in their diet.
Researchers Enhance In Vitro Maturation By Adding Growth Factors
Researchers in Australia have enhanced an existing fertility technique called in-vitro maturation by adding growth factors.
Singlera Genomics Raises $20 Million In Series A Financing
Led by Lilly Asia Ventures, this financing round will go towards the development and commercialization of Singlera's non-invasive genomic sequencing tests.
ASEAN Patents Increased By 40% In Past Three Years: Report
The Thomson Reuters report, which examines ASEAN research and patenting activity, also shows that the group almost doubled its share of the world’s research papers.
Rare Deep-Earth Tremor Caused By ‘Weather Bomb’
Scientists in Japan have detected a rare type of tremor triggered by a severe and distant North Atlantic storm.
World’s Biggest Telescope Meets World’s Second Fastest Supercomputer
The Tianhe-2 supercomputer in China has run prototype data software that will someday become the 'brain' of the Square Kilometer Array telescope.
The Tale Of The Short-Tailed Cat (VIDEO)
A mutation in the HES7 gene is responsible for the short-tailed trait in Japanese Bobtail and Chinese short-tailed feral cats, a study finds.