Can Li – Asian Scientist Magazine

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The genome of the Damaraland mole rat provides an insight into the adaptations required for life underground.

Magnetic tweezers have allowed scientists to unravel what happens when α-catenin is stretched.

Drug-resistant malaria parasites, requiring a longer duration of treatment, have emerged in Southeast Asia.

Eisai grants Zeria the right to manufacture E3710, a proton pump inhibitor than can be used to treat gastric acid-related diseases.

Asian companies lead the pack in terms of number of patents awarded for energy storage technologies.

A drop of PVA converts oxidation-prone copper nanowires into a robust and flexible conductive material.

Common elements such as sodium and iron could replace rare-earth metals in batteries of the future.

The discovery of a protein that can mimic photosynthesis could lead to a cheaper and safer way of manufacturing hydrogen fuel.

A serendipitous observation led to the discovery that hemocyanins in abalone blood could treat herpes simplex infections.