Can Li – Asian Scientist Magazine

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Activating brown fat cells could help Type 2 diabetics manage their condition by increasing the number of glucose transporters.

Peking Professor Ke Yang has been elected as a foreign member of the US National Academies Institute of Medicine.

Brain activity in a region known as the habenula is required for learning to avoid threatening situations in zebrafish.

Printable, paper-based electronics could help make diagnostic tests cheaper and more accessible.

Female sea urchins that have many mates also have higher offspring survival rates.

A study in flies has identified two mutually-interdependent proteins involved in regulating pain responses.

Turning plastic waste into bricks could help to both reduce landfills as well as make homes more rain-resistant.

Guilin Pharma has increased its supply of anti-malarial drugs to Sub-Saharan Africa to reduce Ebola cross-infections.

Previously known to regulate female fertility, kisspeptin has now been shown to be involved in molding male brains.