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Japanese Physicist Wins 2015 Nobel Prize For Neutrino Research
Takaaki Kajita wins half of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for proving that neutrinos have mass.
Singapore Leads The Asian Pack For QS’ 2015/2016 Ranking
The 2015/2016 Top Universities Ranking from Quacquarelli Symonds Company placed NUS and NTU at 12th and 13th, respectively.
New Tools Added To Synthetic Biology Toolbox
Researchers have found a way to modify antibiotics using synthetic enzymes, allowing them to rationally design new drugs from modified natural compounds.
Rewiring Phantom Limb Pain
Researchers have discovered an inverse relationship between movement representation with pain severity in phantom limb, offering an insight to phantom limb pain.
A Trio Of Photoreceptors Orchestrate Cell Aggregation
Having multiple photoreceptors allows cyanobacteria to coordinate complex processes such as cell aggregation, scientists say.
Coming Soon: Origami-Engineered Structures
Researchers have designed origami-inspired structures that are flexible and yet strong and sturdy.
How Virus-Infected Cells Decide Whether To Fight Or Die
To die or not to die? Scientists have identified the genes involved in the decision to fight or commit suicide in cells infected with influenza viruses.
A Fail-Safe Suicide Switch For iPSC Cancer Therapy
By introducing the suicide gene iCaspase-9 into induced pluripotent stem cells, scientists are now able to prevent the formation of tumors should the cells go rogue.
Helium Anomaly A Possible Long-Term Volcano Marker
The ratio of helium-3 to helium-4 in the hot springs near Mount Ontake increased in the ten year period before its 2014 explosion, scientists say.
