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China’s ‘Pollution Diet’: A Touchstone For The National Modernization Project

The State Council of China aims to reduce airborne particles by 25 percent in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.

Covidien Opens US$21m R&D Facility In South Korea

Healthcare provider Covidien today announced the opening of the Covidien Center of Innovation Korea, its first R&D and training & education center in Korea.

In the Lab

Language Determines How Infants Acquire New Words

A study has shown that the way infants acquired new words in Korean is very different from the way they are learnt in English.  

Features

Safer Food In China Means A Healthier Economy

Food safety has become as big a concern to ordinary Chinese as corruption and inequality, Sacha Cody of the Australian National University's China Institute.

In the Lab

Photons On Demand Now Possible With Breakthrough

Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in photonics that will help create extremely compact optical chips that deliver a photon at a time.

In the Lab

Asians Are Feeling Climate Change And Want To Adapt

Extreme weather and hotter temperatures are reducing crop production, and Asia is struggling to adapt to climate change.

Academia

To Dissect Or Not To Dissect

Is dissection the most efficient way to study anatomy, or simply a rite of passage? Ivan Seah discusses pioneering new techniques in the study of anatomy.

Features

Introducing India’s Rae Bareli Education Hub

Here is a question for non-Indians who are interested in India's higher education: Who, what and where is Rae Bareli?

Features

China’s Pharma Scandal And The Ethics Of The Global Drug Market

Scientists, clinicians and regulators are worried that tainted and counterfeit medicines are potentially being manufactured in China.

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