Di Li – Asian Scientist Magazine

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Affordable and efficient solar power is now one step closer to reality with the ability to control polymer morphology via temperature.

Scientists have identified the protein complex that cells use as a molecular ruler to measure lengths with nanometer precision.

A robotic walker could help patients recover after a stroke and free physiotherapists to provide more value-added services.

A study of bee brains has revealed that microRNAs targeting the structural protein actin are crucial in memory regulation.

A biomarker which can also deliver drugs could open new doors in cancer therapeutics.

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.