Yu Min – Asian Scientist Magazine

The genome of the Crown-of-Thorns starfish is helping scientists develop ways to control the reef-wrecking predator.

Scientists have identified triethylene glycol as the active ingredient of ashwagandha, a sleep-inducing herb used in traditional Indian medicine.

A strain of fungi researchers found in a rubbish heap can break down plastic as it grows.

Researchers have identified a novel red and violet light-sensitive pathway that helps algae sense day and night.

This contactless system can accurately scan a human fingerprint in 3D in just two seconds.

By switching between two modes of swimming, these nanoparticles can move through water without getting knocked off course.

Foreign RNA lacks the tell-tale tail, marking it for destruction by the plant immune system.

How soon will China be able to put a man on the moon? Give them about three years, says our Final Frontiers columnist.

China's Yutu moon rover has started exploring the surface of the moon, sending back the first photos it has taken on the moon.