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WHO Report Reveals Scale Of Foodborne Disease
Contaminated food kills an estimated 420,000 people each year, with Africa and Asia being the worst hit.
HKU Mathematician Mok Ngai-ming Elected To CAS
Professor Mok Ngai-ming has been elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in recognition of his contributions to mathematics in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Fosun And Wenzhou TCM Hospital To Establish Geriatrics Hospital
Fosun Pharma and Wenzhou TCM hospital have joined hands to open a geriatrics hospital to help cope with the area's rapidly aging population.
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.
