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Asia’s Rising Scientists: Liu Kai
Could we one day help those with spinal cord injuries walk again? This month's rising scientist Assistant Professor Liu Kai is working on it!
For Birds, It Takes Two To Tap Dance
Both male and female blue-capped cordon-bleus engage in a courtship dance, suggesting that sexual communication is not always a one way street.
Computing The Unsolvable With Time Travel
Time-travelling computers could help solve currently intractable problems without threatening causality, researchers say.
Where Do Athletes Store Motor Memory?
fMRI imaging has identified the regions of the brain involved in both long- and short-term storage of motor memory, a finding which could help train and rehabilitate athletes.
Growing Graphene On A Molten Bed
Using widely available soda-lime glass as a substrate, researchers have grown uniform sheets of graphene that can be used in heating devices.
Fatty Eggs Impede Fertility, Says Study
The lowered fertility of high-yield dairy milk cows has been traced to fatty oocytes, a finding that could also help infertile women.
Gene Variation Could Protect Against ‘Chemobrain’
A genetic variation in the BNDF gene affects whether women undergoing chemotherapy experience the side effect of cognitive impairment.
Oil And Water For Low-Cost Gene Delivery
Using droplets of oil for electroporation allows researchers to introduce foreign material into as few as 1,000 cells.
ALMA Spots Monstrous Baby Galaxies Cradled In Dark Matter
By detecting submillimeter wavelength radiowaves, astronomners have identified three monstrous galaxies in a web of dark matter.
