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Researchers Discover Key Codon Repeats Controlling Rice’s Tolerance to Cold

A possible strategy to finely manipulate key genes in rice genomes and effectively improve chilling tolerance through molecular designing. In recent years, abnormal environmental temperatures (like chilling) brought on by global climate change have...

Republic Polytechnic Partners With Shimadzu to Unveil the First Cloud-Based Laboratory in an Institute of Higher Learning

The new cloud-based system will spur innovation and support talent development in areas such as agri-food, nutraceuticals, sustainable materials and specialty chemicals. Republic Polytechnic (RP) launched the new Sustainable Technology &...

Generating Oxygen Within Cells

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a never-before-seen method to generate oxygen molecules within cells. Oxygen is essential for aerobic respiration, which releases energy required for life processes. To address an...

Creating Artificial Cells from Bacteria

A team of scientists at the University of Bristol have successfully harnessed bacteria to produce lifelike artificial cells. To produce artificial cells that have the same capabilities as those that comprise the smallest building blocks of life,...

Key Step in Hepatitis A Virus Replication and Potential Drug for Its Targeting Identified

Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have discovered the mechanism by which hepatitis A virus replicates and have successfully identified a drug that has the capability to stop such replications. For a virus to spread...

Seawater as a Renewable Energy Source

Renewable energy may now be harnessed from saltwater by means of a nanopore membrane, courtesy of researchers from Osaka University. As natural resources are depleted and become increasingly scarce, developing new renewable sources of energy remains...

Producing Biodegradable Plastic Feedstock Through Artificial Photosynthesis

Researchers at the Osaka Metropolitan University have successfully developed a light-driven, artificial photosynthesis pathway to increase yields of chemical feedstock for biodegradable plastics. Plastics are ubiquitous in modern life, being durable...

Seismic Monitoring to Advance Carbon Sequestration Technology

Researchers led by the University of Tokyo and Kyushu University can help to further enhance carbon sequestration efforts using their Portable Active Seismic Source device, which will allow for extended kilometer-scale subsurface monitoring to...

Using Gas Bubbles as Lenses to View Tissues More Deeply

A team of researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have developed a method to improve the depth of the optical imaging of living tissues using a layer of ultrasound-created gas bubbles. In a breakthrough by a...

Improving Anti-Cancer Therapies with a Better Understanding of the Repair Mechanisms of DNA Damage

New insights into the DNA repair mechanisms of cells may open avenues to enhancing anti-cancer therapies. Researchers from the Nagoya University in Japan have discovered new mechanisms that are utilised by cells to repair themselves after damage...

Observing Life on a Single-Molecular Scale

Researchers at the Pohang University of Science and Technology have developed a novel method to observe single molecules using a special treatment, followed by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS). Can single molecules be observed up close, in...

Influenced by Its Neighbours: The Variation of Single-Cell Gene Expression

Determination of the neighbouring cell types that regulate the gene expression of a single cell has now been made possible, thanks to a statistical method developed by researchers from the University of Tsukuba. In an important development for the...

Microproteins Control Molecular-Level Metabolic Processes

Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered how microproteins play a role in regulating the energy supply in mitochondria. Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have identified new details regarding how cells regulate their energy supply...

Harmless No More? Bacteria Prevalent in Respiratory Tract Identified as Key Factor in the Worsening of Lung Disease

In a breakthrough by an international team of researchers, with researchers from Nanyang Technological University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in the lead, Neisseria subflava has been identified as the key factor behind the worsening of...

Blue, Red and White Signals Alert Us to Deadly Pathogens in Food

A team of researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University has developed a method to identify food poisoning-causing bacteria as different colours of light under the microscope, shortening the turnaround time for microbiological analysis of foods for...

Ecopetrol Expands Footprint to Asia; Opens First Office in Singapore

The new subsidiary has already reached trade volumes of close to 8 million barrels of crude oil per month and secured sales exceeding forecasts by 55 per cent. The Ecopetrol Group, Colombia’s largest company and one of the leading energy groups in...

Angel Yeast Announces to Promote Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture on the World Food Day

One strategy is to use microbial yeast protein technology to produce a wide range of products. Angel Yeast, the world’s leading yeast manufacturer, has announced it aims to play a larger role in increasing people’s access to nutritious food and...

TVM Capital Healthcare and Siemens Healthineers Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Healthcare Access in Southeast Asia

The alliance aims to combine forces of healthcare specialist investor TVM Capital Healthcare and leading Medtech company Siemens Healthineers, to ensure patients' improved access to quality and affordable healthcare services and accelerate...

MGI Contributes to Thailand’s Roadmap for Genomic Medicine in Genomics Thailand Initiative

This will provide a better understanding of Thailand’s unique genomic complexity and serve as a foundation for developing personalised medicine. MGI Tech Co. Ltd. (MGI), a company committed to building core tools and technology to lead life...

Telix Partnership Expands GE Healthcare Immuno-Diagnostics Offering to the Global Clinical Research Market

The new agreement adds two Telix investigational PET imaging radiotracers to GE Healthcare’s immuno-diagnostic portfolio, to enable patient selection and monitoring in immunotherapy trials. Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited announced in October a...

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Researchers Discover Key Codon Repeats Controlling Rice’s Tolerance to Cold

A possible strategy to finely manipulate key genes in rice genomes and effectively improve chilling tolerance through molecular designing. In recent...

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Republic Polytechnic Partners With Shimadzu to Unveil the First Cloud-Based Laboratory in an Institute of Higher Learning

The new cloud-based system will spur innovation and support talent development in areas such as agri-food, nutraceuticals, sustainable materials and...

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Generating Oxygen Within Cells

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have developed a never-before-seen method to generate oxygen molecules within cells. Oxygen is...

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Creating Artificial Cells from Bacteria

A team of scientists at the University of Bristol have successfully harnessed bacteria to produce lifelike artificial cells. To produce artificial...

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