IN THE LAB
Playing Hide And Seek With Medicinal Plants
By blending in with its surroundings, a plant traditionally used in Chinese medicine has evolved to evade harvesting by humans.
Predicting Drug Response With Precision
In another step towards personalized medicine, Singapore-based researchers have identified a biomarker that could predict which cancer patients respond best to treatment.
Manipulating Materials On The Quantum Scale
With the help of tiny scaffolds called dendrimers, researchers from Japan have developed a new way to precisely control the production of quantum-sized materials.
What Algorithms Can Teach Us About Art
An algorithm has shown that landscape paintings over the past five centuries are surprisingly similar, suggesting selection bias.
Monkey See, Monkey Do: Mimicking COVID-19 in Macaques
A rhesus macaque model of COVID-19 suggests that primates can shed SARS-CoV-2 virus from the nose and stool for nearly a month after infection.
Crafting A Cancer Killer
Given cancer’s many faces, scientists from Japan are tapping onto novel techniques to synthesize new drugs against the disease.
Closing In On The Cause Of Alzheimer’s Disease
The unpredictability of Alzheimer's disease may be partly caused by changes in star-shaped cells in the brain called astrocytes, find scientists from South Korea.
Sniffing Out The Evolution Of Rodent Pheromones
According to researchers in Japan, rodent pheromones may have originated from a combination of two ancient vertebrate genes.
How Bats Can Carry Viruses Without Getting Sick
Scientists in Singapore have discovered that a subdued immune response may be the reason why bats can harbor deadly viruses without batting an eyelid.
