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India’s Spending Cuts Will Hurt Already Inadequate Health Services
A commentary published in The BMJ has warned that the recently announced health spending cuts will weaken India's public health system.
Peking Launches Gap Year Plan For Chinese Students
The China Gap Year Plan will fund ten young people with up to RMB50,000 to encourage them to find their interests internationally.
Activating The Heart’s Regenerative Potential
The receptor ERBB2 is both necessary and sufficient to reactivate the heart’s ability to regenerate, study says.
Tohoku Launches Condensed Matter Nuclear Reaction Division
The Research Center for Electron Photon Science will conduct experiments with the aim of finding a theoretical explanation for cold fusion.
Tradeoffs Between Longevity & DNA Repair
Blocking homologous recombination at the telomeres can significantly extend the lifespan of yeast, study shows.
Finding A Place For Exotic Elements In The Periodic Table
The first accurate measurements of lawrencium's ionization potential throw up new questions on its position in the periodic table.
Symmetry Makes You Switch Off
Symmetrical images could trick the brain into underestimating differences, study says.
Eisai To Use Genomics’ Tools For Drug Discovery
The collaboration between Eisai and Genomics will focus on using genomic analyses to improve the drug development pipeline.
Peking Hosts American Geophysical Union Delegation
Representatives discussed the possibility of inter-institutional collaborations during the AGU's first official visit to Peking University.