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The Long Road To Financial Derivative Reform

How can we avoid a repeat of the 2008 global financial crisis? SMU Assistant Professor Christopher Chen looks at how today’s huge financial derivatives market can be better regulated for the benefit of the global economy and individual financial consumer.

Features

Good Vs Greed: Balancing Social Norms And Financial Rewards

SMU Assistant Professor Liu Yanju examines how economic agents make decisions when faced with the choice of behaving ethically or increasing their financial gain.

Features

Could IITs Help Engineers Embrace The Humanities?

IITs do have existing humanities and social science programs, but could do more to offer a comprehensive education, Dr. Pushkar writes.

Health

Drug-Resistant Malaria Widespread In SEA

Scientists raise concerns of drug-resistant malaria sweeping across Southeast Asia.

Yao & Han Win Achievement In Asia Award

Yao Wang and Han Yilong have been awarded the Robert T. Poe Prize for their contributions to the physics of spin and materials physics respectively.

Pharma

Merck To Open Second Largest Plant In China

Merck has invested US$134 million in China over the last three years, including the Nantong facility which will be their second largest plant globally.

Health

Taking The Guesswork Out Of Kidney Cancer

The molecular test kit for kidney cancer helps to classify patients according to their predicted response to existing drugs.

In the Lab

PandaX And The Search For Dark Matter

China joins the search for dark matter with PandaX, a large liquid-xenon detector located deep underground in the China Jin-Ping Underground Laboratory.

In the Lab

K Computer Runs Largest Simulation Of Global Weather

Using the K computer, scientists have performed the largest ensemble simulation of global weather to date, involving 10,240 parallel simulations.

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