The WHO Dealmakers: Sending Vaccine Technology To The Third World
Empowering countries to make their own vaccines may sound like a herculean task, but it is all in a day's work for the Technology Transfer Initiative team at the World Health Organization.
View ArticleScientists Find Evidence Of The Higgs Boson. The God Particle Exists!
Scientists from CERN in Geneva unveiled today preliminary data that provides evidence of the long sought after Higgs particle.
View ArticleDeath By Numbers
New research suggests a far higher swine flu death toll, largely in Southeast Asia and Africa.
View ArticleFirst Radio Waves Detected From Middleweight Black Hole HLX-1
Scientists have detected the first radio emissions from a 'middleweight' black hole, also the first of its kind to be discovered.
View ArticleSwimming For Its Life?
A new Pew report updates the status of shark conservation, but dissenting voices claim the human threat to sharks is exaggerated.
View ArticleAsian Scientist Magazine Talks To Arianespace CEO, Mr Jean-Yves Le Gall
We recently talked to Mr Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of Arianespace at the annual CommunicAsia 2012 conference at Singapore's Marina Bay Sands.
View ArticleSleepless In South Asia
A new study reports a global ‘sleeplessness epidemic’ affecting an estimated 150 million people across the developing world.
View ArticleHealthy Diet In Children Linked To Higher IQ, Study
Children fed healthy diets at early age may have a slightly higher IQ compared to those who eat a lot of junk food, say researchers from the University of Adelaide.
View ArticleNanostructures To Harness Hydrogen Energy Potential
Engineers in Australia have demonstrated that hydrogen can be released and reabsorbed from a promising storage material, overcoming a major hurdle to its use as an alternative fuel source.
View ArticleTwo Hormones May Be Responsible For Male Bias To Autism
Research from New Zealand into two male sex hormones may help solve the enduring mystery of why autism is much more common in boys than girls.
View ArticleR&D In Japan: A Foreigner’s Perspective Of 20 Years
We sat down for a chat with Prof. Michael Miller, who has spent two decades as a researcher in Japan and who also witnessed the 2011 great tsunami and 1995 Kobe earthquake.
View Article2011 Japan Earthquake Linked To Spike In Cardiovascular Events
Researchers from Tohoku University have shown a sharp increase in the incidence of cardiovascular conditions soon after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.
View ArticleCoconut Oil Could Fight Tooth Decay, Study
Digested coconut oil is a natural antibiotic that may help to fight tooth decay, say scientists from the Athlone Institute of Technology in Ireland.
View ArticleScientists Find Genes Linked To Blindness
Singapore scientists have identified three new genes associated with Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in Chinese people.
View ArticleAcupuncture May Offer Real But Modest Help For Chronic Pain
An analysis of 29 clinical trials suggests that acupuncture may be modestly better than no acupuncture or sham acupuncture for the treatment of some chronic pain.
View ArticleThe Tiniest Computer Unit On Earth: A Single Silicon Atom
An Australian team has created the world’s first working quantum bit based on a single atom in silicon, opening the way to ultra-powerful quantum computers of the future.
View ArticleAustralian Study Reveals Sharks Are Color Blind
Researchers in Australia have shown that carpet sharks are probably completely color blind.
View ArticleSea Urchin’s Spiny Strength Linked To Calcite Crystals
Australian engineers have modeled the microscopic mechanics of a sea urchin’s spine, gaining insight into how these creatures withstand impacts in their aquatic environment.
View ArticleToo Much Housework Cuts Lifespan Of Female Komodo Dragons By Half
Researchers have found that female Komodo Dragons live half as long as males on average, seemingly due to their nest-building and egg-guarding duties.
View ArticleJapan’s Fish Still Radioactive One Year After Fukushima, Study
18 months after the Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster, the vast majority of fish caught off the northeast coast of Japan remain below limits for seafood consumption, according to one study.
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