Emi Ito – Asian Scientist Magazine

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By incubating them with electron donors, scientists have managed to improve the antioxidant ability of nanoceria.

The discovery of the protein BSS1 could lead to improved control over crop growth via the brassinosteroid signalling pathway.

A new, more accurate value for the half life of ⁶⁰Fe could be used to fix an atomic clock that measures galactic history.

A ceramic membrane that enables the separation of CO₂ from CO could facilitate the development of carbon fuel batteries.

Illegal payments to private medical colleges are undermining India's health system, according to two articles published in The BMJ.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has awarded US$3.5 million in grants to tackle the 'silent epidemic' of hepatitis in India and China.

Drs. Juliana Chan and Rebecca Tan have set themselves the mission of turning Singapore's scientific pioneers into household names.

Rather than take on the entire plant cell, researchers have developed a peptide-based method to turn the mitochondria into a biofuel factory.

By raising and lowering the temperature, researchers have made the isolation of circulating tumor cells more efficient.