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Taiwanese Academician Bags International Chemistry Prize

Academia Sinica Chemist Dr. Peng Shie-Ming has been awarded the Luigi Tartufari International Prize in Chemistry.

Cooperative Societies Are Consistently Fit

Scientists from Taiwan and the US have found that cooperation leads to consistently high breeding success in beetles.

Trial Set For World’s First Leprosy Vaccine

Developed by IDRI and ALM over the last 12 years, the first leprosy vaccine is slated for Phase I clinical trials by 2015.

Baa Baa Black Sheep, How Did You Get Your Wool?

Eighteen years after the cloning of Dolly, scientists now have the complete genomic sequence of the domestic sheep, Ovis aries.

Sweet Success For Sorghum Sugar

A research project investigating the use of sorghum as a sugar crop has been awarded a joint grant from the University of Queensland and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Infosys Taps Into The Cloud

Indian multinational company Infosys has launched a cloud-based version of its Clinical Trial Supply Management solution.

A*STAR-IHI Collaboration To Drive R&D

Singapore’s A*STAR and Japan’s IHI Corporation will collaborate on driving R&D in science, technology and biomedical sectors across Asia.

The Sex Lives Of Deep Sea Limpets

Understanding how deep sea limpets reproduce can help to predict how they will respond to environmental changes.

One Third Of World Population Overweight

Developing countries bear the highest burden of obesity, with over 60 percent of the world's obese individuals.