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‘Love Drug’ May Treat Abdominal Pain

A hormone that induces labor and encourages social bonding may hold the key to treating abdominal pain, according to a new study.

Diabetics Benefit From High-Protein Diets

A study shows that obese people with diabetes can lose weight on high-protein diets and see improvement in cardiovascular and renal health.

Crystal Clear: Asia’s Advances In Structural Biology

Charu Chaudhry celebrates Asia's many achievements in structural biology in the International Year of Crystallography.

Microparticles To Help Treat Heart Attacks

Researchers have found that microparticles injected into the blood can boost heart function and reduce heart scarring after a heart attack.

‘Icy’ Technique Improves Kidney Transplants

Surgeons have completed 50 kidney transplants using a robot-assisted procedure in which the organ is cooled with ice during the operation.

Goods And Pollution Made In China For U.S.

Study finds that air pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean is often caused by manufacturing goods for export to the U.S. and Europe.

Shrimp Gives Insight Into Color Vision

Researchers have uncovered new insights into color vision by studying the mantis shrimp.

GYSS 2014: Taking A Leaf From Nature’s Book

Prof. Grätzel discusses how harnessing solar power has the potential to provide more than 6,000 times our current energy consumption.

SMART Launches Driverless Car Called ‘SCOT’

The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology has launched Singapore’s very first locally-developed driverless car.