Yu Min – Asian Scientist Magazine

How Healthy Cells Nip Cancer In The Bud

Healthy neighbors surrounding a pre-cancerous cell cause changes in its metabolism, ultimately forcing it out of the epithelial tissue.

In the Lab

In Drug-Target Interactions, Size Matters

Scientists have developed a method that can discriminate how different drugs form complexes with their targets.

In the Lab

How Moderate Stress Could Prevent Parkinson’s Disease

Researchers have identified a drug candidate that can prevent the death of dopaminergic neurons, a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease.

Technology

Reuseable Sensor Lights Up Under Pressure

Unlike other pressure sensors, this mechanosensor embedded in a polymer can be repeatedly used to detect force.

In the Lab

What The Past Can Tell Us About Future Earthquakes

A new model based on historical earthquake data explores the potential of predicting major earthquakes.

In the Lab

Liver Fibrosis-Fighting Hormones Found

Insulin-like growth factor-I has been shown to reduce fatty deposits, inflammation and fibrosis in mice with symptoms of non-alcoholic liver disease.

In the Lab

Automatically Observing Stem Cell Differentiation

A team of researchers in Japan has combined simple agarose with advanced machine learning techniques to study the differentiation of stem cells.

China Invests US$1.4 Million To Develop Cambricon Deep Learning Chips

Funds from the Chinese Academy of Science will be used for research into both architecture and algorithms for the processors specialized in deep learning.

In the Lab

Reconstructing Astronomical Events With Ancient Texts

Literature, tree ring dating and space observations have come together in a unique study to shed light on ancient astronomical events.

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