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How Domestication Made The Jujube Sweet

Genes that make jujube fruits sweet played an important role in the domestication of this popular Asian fruit.

Putting A Spin On Artificial Intelligence

In a world's first, scientists have used spintronics technology to build an artificial neural network.

Eisai & Keio University To Pursue Innovation In Dementia Drugs

The collaboration taps on Keio University's strengths in iPS technology and supercentenarian research.

Feeling Inferior Makes People Eat More

Feeling socially inferior made people prefer unhealthy food and eat 65 percent more, study says.

Two Zika Neutralizing Antibodies Found

Researchers have found two potent Zika-neutralizing antibodies that could be used as part of a therapeutic cocktail to treat patients.

Space Cucumbers Spill The Secret Of Sensing Gravity

Scientists sent cucumbers on a trip to space to find out how plants sense gravity.

To Bloom Or Not To Bloom

Epigenetics, specifically deacetylation, are part of the puzzle that controls how plants decide when to flower.

How Life Returns After A Tsunami

First, small fish with short lifespans return; larger, longer living fish return more slowly.

Ageing Isn’t A Tsunami

Are Singaporeans financially prepared for retirement and ageing? Researchers at the SMU Centre for Research on the Economics of Ageing are finding out.