Tang Yew Chung

Researchers from The Australian National University have discovered a new treatment for Type-1 diabetes based on a sugar called heparan sulfate.

Asian Scientist Magazine chats with Dr. Li Lifeng, Director of the WWF International Freshwater Program, who tells us that solving the water, energy, and food equation for the world has to be a global priority.

Scientists have developed a method for making multiple copies of gene clusters, a process which can be used to increase the amounts of antibiotics produced by bacteria.

An international team of scientists has discovered three new bat species after completing a study covering Cambodia and Vietnam.

Researchers have created a new, super-dense version of aluminium that could lead to efficient production of new super-hard nanomaterials at a relatively low cost.

Chinese scientists have discovered that ADHD and other neuropsychiatric disorders may be caused by the abnormal function of a diarrhea-causing enterotoxin receptor.

Scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand have designed a new compound that starves certain cancer cells of glucose, depriving them of energy and causing them to die.

A Taiwanese physicist, Dr. Chih-Yuan Lu, has been selected to receive the 2012 IEEE Frederik Philips Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Researchers in Singapore have found that stomach tumors can be classified into two distinct disease variants that respond differently to chemotherapy.