Lu Ke – Asian Scientist Magazine

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Scientists are planning for clinical trials in India to test a simple nasal spray that could reduce snakebite fatalities.

The discovery that dwarf galaxies cluster around larger galaxies in orderly discs challenges the current understanding of physical laws.

The well-preserved fossil of the predator Lyrarapax unguispinus shows that they had much simpler brains than their prey.

A study shows that immune cells actively maintain a healthy gut microbiota, challenging the assumption that gut immunity is purely reactive.

A genetic analysis reveals that a commonly caught eel-tailed catfish is actually a distinct new species.

Scientists have developed a cost-effective water disinfection device that can run safely on low-input voltage batteries.

Plastic pollution is widespread throughout the world's oceans, but fragments smaller than one millimeter are mysteriously missing.

The genome of the Asian liver fluke, a parasite that can cause bile duct cancer and infects millions in Asia, has been sequenced.

A study shows that gene editing technology, which could help treat genetic diseases, does not introduce new mutations to cells.