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A New Angle On Infertility
Scientists have found that beta-catenin plays a role in fertility, affecting the structure of both male and female sexual organs.
How Exercise Can Help Depression
Feeling blue? Exercise could boost your levels of adiponectin, thereby helping to relieve the symptoms of depression, scientists say.
Insect Evolution Revealed
Scientists have traced the evolution of insects via an ambitious project involving the sequencing of 1,000 transcriptomes.
Vietnam Eyes Water-Saving Tech For Rice Farms
Although alternate wetting and drying technology can reduce water usage and greenhouse gas emissions, getting rice farmers to adopt this practice could be difficult.
New Anti-Tumor Properties Of Old Bone Drugs
Drugs currently used to treat osteoporosis could also be used to treat soft tissue cancers, scientists say.
WEST Symposium Promotes Women In Science
The inaugural Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology Symposium held on November 7, 2014 is aimed at attracting women to science and engineering careers.
Singapore’s Top Scientists Honored at PSTA 2014
Three women and five men have been awarded Singapore's top scientific honors at the President's Science and Technology Awards 2014.
Controlling Diabetes With Cytokines
Using the cytokine IL-22 instead of insulin to manage Type 2 diabetes could mean fewer injections for patients.
Sex Regulation By RNA Scissors
In persimmons, a battle of the sexes is waged using RNA scissors encoded on the Y chromosome that snip up female-determining genes.
