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Decrypting Cryptosporidium In Rural China

A microfluidic device that detects the opportunistic pathogen Cryptosporidium could help to bring accurate diagnosis to rural areas.

Giant Clams Reveal The Warmth Of The Middle Age Oceans

The South China Sea's biggest bivalve reveals that ocean temperatures in the Middle Ages were warmer than they are today.

Clean Air Halves Health Costs In Chinese City

Measures to tackle air pollution in Taiyuan, China, are estimated to have saved the government more than US$621 million in healthcare costs.

New Platform Packs A Three-In-One Punch

Photodynamic therapy, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy have been combined in a single therapeutics and diagnostics platform.

Spinning Solar Cells Into Textiles

Solar cell fibers that can be woven into textiles could power the next generation of wearable devices.

Gallbladder Cancer Pathway Identified

A genetic analysis has shown that gallbladder cancer patients could stand to benefit from existing drugs targeting the ErbB pathway.

Stacked Electrodes To Make Solar Cells Wearable

Wearable solar cells are now one step closer to reality with the development of flexible and efficient solar cells based on stacked electrodes.

Gene Associated With Cancer Drug Resistance Identified

Variations in the TEKT4 gene result in microtubule destabilization, possibly explaining how breast cancer cells develop resistance to the drug paclitaxel.

Some Indigenous Groups More Vulnerable To H7N9 Viruses

Researchers have discovered that some indigenous groups will be more susceptible to the effects of the new strain of H7N9 influenza in China.