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LED Technology Helps Monitor Safety At Construction Sites

By turning blue, yellow or red, the LED device can indicate irregularities and titlting at building sites—useful in countries with low literacy rates.

Most Distant Oxygen Ever Detected Is 13.1 Billion Light Years Away

This discovery provides firm evidence of oxygen in the very early Universe, only 700 million years after the Big Bang.

The Identity Crisis Of Sex-Reversed Bearded Dragons

Sex reversal changes a male dragon into a female in terms of reproductive biology—but he/she retains many male-like personality characteristics.

Sorrento, 3SBio Enter Immunotherapy Joint Venture In China

The joint venture agreement will develop and commercialize proprietary immunotherapies using chimeric antigen receptor T-cell technology.

2016 QS Uni Rankings: Singapore Universities Retain Their Lead

The National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore are first and third respectively in this year's rankings.

Smell Is A Democracy, Not A Dictatorship

Odors activate neuronal structures called glomeruli in the brain; the fruit fly's smell preference depends on most, if not all, of them.

Tarantula Venom Provides Clue To Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pain

Spider venom can help researchers identify new pain pathways and develop treatments for irritable bowel syndrome.

Breaking Up DNA, Lightsaber Style

Scientists in India have found that damage to DNA can be induced by ultra-short pulses of high-intensity laser light.

Chinese Neuroscientist Wins Gruber Neuroscience Prize

Poo Mu-Ming, director of the Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai, is being honored for his seminal discoveries in brain plasticity.