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Pharma

Otsuka Pharma To Acquire Astex Pharma For US$866m

Otsuka Pharma has acquired Astex Pharma via an all-cash tender offer of US$866 million.

Health

Mobile Mental Health Care Pilot Kicks Off In Jakarta

Indonesia has launched the Mobile Mental Health Service, an initiative aimed at improving mental health in the country.

Features

SMART Professor Eugene Fitzgerald On Innovation In Singapore

We chat with Eugene Fitzgerald, PI of the Low Energy Electronic Systems at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, on innovation in Singapore.

In the Lab

Super-Bright Nanocrystals For Diagnostic Testing

Researchers in Australia and China have used optical fibers to illuminate nanocrystals at three orders of magnitude over quantum dots.

Academia

Studying Medicine Overseas: A Singaporean Student’s Perspective

Like a fish out of water, says Ivan Seah, when asked how he felt as a first-year medical school student at the University of Glasgow Wolfson Medical School.

Space Ginseng, Anyone?

Ginseng, a herb with a long history in traditional Chinese medicine, has made its first trip to space and back aboard the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft.

Health

Flooding Prompts Health Concerns In Philippines

Philippine health officials have expressed concern over the risk of diarrhoea and other water-borne diseases following days of extensive flooding in the north of the country.

Features

Teleportation Just Got Easier – But Not For You, Unfortunately

The chance of successful teleportation has considerably increased, but only for photons - Ben Buchler explains why.

In the Lab

Dragonflies See Things Using On-Off Switches In Their Brains

Researchers have discovered a novel and complex visual circuit in a dragonfly's brain that could one day help to improve vision systems for robots.

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