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Asia’s Top 10 Universities In 2013

Here's a list of ten prestigious Asian universities that scored a spot on the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2013.

Death Rates Higher For Weekend Hospital Admissions

A study in New South Wales, Australia, has found that death rates are higher if a patient is admitted to hospital over the weekend.

Women’s Chronic Pain More Complex And More Severe

New research has found that chronic pain in women is more complex and harder to treat than chronic pain in men.

8 Unique Species Discovered In Asia

Asian Scientist Magazine scopes out the most unique and rarely seen wild species discovered in Asia.

Singapore Implements Scheme To Bring Home Top Scientists

The RIEC announced on Friday S$330 million in funding for two new programs and a new scheme to bring home top Singaporean scientists.

ACD, Kindstar Launch Cancer Diagnostics Tests In China

Kindstar will validate and implement ACD's RNAscope® technology-based molecular diagnostic assays in its clinical laboratories.

Translational Inefficiencies In R&D: The Blind Men And The Elephant

Prof. Lawrence Ho of NUHS narrates the classic tale of the blind men and the elephant to explain the translational inefficiencies observed in Singapore’s biomedical research.

NTU Launches Cryo-Electron Microscopy Lab

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University has launched a cryo-electron microscopy lab to study molecular structures half a million times smaller than a grain of rice.

Air Pollution Causes Cancer, So Let’s Do Something About It

Bin Jalaludin of the University of New South Wales discusses how outdoor air pollution could be carcinogenic to humans.