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BASF Breaks Ground On New Innovation Campus In India

As part of their aim to have 25 percent of their R&D employees located in Asia-Pacific by 2020, BASF is building an Innovation Campus in Navi Mumbai, India.

Columns

You Are Not Just What You Eat

To what extent can we blame people for being obese and what are the other factors in play? Our columnist Annabel Tan finds out.

Features

Cultivating EU-ASEAN Science Collaboration

EU and ASEAN leaders sought ways to improve research mobility between the two regions at recent conferences held in Singapore and Bangkok.

Features

South Asia’s Quest For More Livable Cities

By deploying new urban transport technologies, South Asian governments can bring relief to over a billion people, says Nalaka Gunawardene.

Science By The 99 Percent

Crowdsourced research might be a democratic way to engage the public in scientific issues and provide researchers with much needed resources.

Health

Marker For Aggressive Breast Cancer Identified

The gene RASAL2 could help identify triple negative breast cancers and inform treatment options for the aggressive disease.

In the Lab

Perfecting Gene Editing For DMD On iPS Cells

By combining iPS and gene editing technology, correcting the mutation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients has been made more precise.

Columns

Stress And The City

Stress manifests itself in physical symptoms more often than we would like.

In the Lab

Images Of Transparent Mice

The ability to see through the normally colored tissue of mice gives scientists unprecedented insight into the inner workings of the body.

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