Long Ran – Asian Scientist Magazine

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It will take at least two decades to significantly lower the particulate levels in certain parts of China.

The drug memantine blocks improves symptoms of both diabetes and Alzheimer's disease in mice by blocking a receptor called Kir6.2.

Ironically, the polar bear-sized sabertooth cat had a smaller than average bite and went for smaller prey.

Based on tsunami data spanning 400 years, it’s clear that modern tsunami risk regions differ from historical evidence.

Men who sleep for more than ten hours per night have an increased risk of cancer, but so do men who have worked night shifts for over 20 years.

The metal-free phosphorescent molecules glow three times as brightly as LEDs at room temperature.

Try not to run screaming in the other direction. This discovery increases the number of known scaffold web spider species by 20 percent.

A career in science is a multi-faceted one, but having any of these four skills in good measure is probably a good place to start!

Drugs which snap the spindles of diving cells could also be effective anti-cancer compounds, researchers say.