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Scientists successfully employed mutagenesis to identify the gene that causes hybrid sterility in rice, which is a major reproductive barrier between species.

Synthesis of a water-soluble warped nanographene and its application for photo-induced cell death

The first observational study of a dung beetle species on Langkawi Island in the Andaman Sea reveals insights about its tastes and what that means for the ecosystem.

Tohoku University researchers have fabricated two types of trilayer graphene with different electrical properties.

Stability of unmanned aerial vehicles in heavy winds can be improved through rotor placement and angle, according to a team from Tohoku University and Kanazawa Institute of Technology.

Scientists from Hokkaido University and the University of Konstanz have discovered how male cockroaches detect the spatial distribution of female pheromones to locate a sexual mate.

A mobile hotspot network will enable riders on fast-moving trains to stream HD videos without interruption while underground, thanks in part to a newly-developed mmWave wireless backhaul technology. The first commercial service using this technology will debut later this year.

A fast and efficient method for graphene nanoribbon synthesis Scientists at Nagoya University have now developed a fast way to form nanographenes in a controlled fashion.

EmTech Asia explores future of life, humanity and economy

HKBU's smart globular macromolecular machine vehicle for actively controlled cancer drug delivery

Researchers have identified a treatment for a rare bone loss disorder that might also lead to help for aging brittle bones.

Researchers have identified a key process that enables the Ebola virus to infect host cells, providing a novel target for developing antiviral drugs.

Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red aphids, maintaining the inferior green aphids which produce the ants' favorite snack.

Study advises small and medium hotels in Mauritius to embrace new technologies and cultivate new clienteles.

Multi-omics research (*1) on Thermosulfidibacter (isolated from a hydrothermal field in the Southern Okinawa Trough) has enabled the discovery of possibly the most primordial form of tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle.

Researchers demonstrate how a gas escapes ice at an extremely cold temperature, providing insight about how stars form in interstellar clouds.

The study, first of its kind in Qatar, developed a vancomycin population-specific dosing model, which will allow population-specific calculations of vancomycin pharmacokinetic parameters in individual patients in Qatar’s clinical settings, an important tool in vancomycin dosing and therapy.

A metal-organic framework that can take up twice its weight in water and then release it when humidity falls.

Innovative diode design uses ultrafast quantum tunneling to harvest infrared energy from the environment.

Genetic analyses of a desert bacterium show it could help to improve crop production in arid lands.

A new method could help researchers develop unbiased indicators for assessing complex systems such as population health.

Microtubules (roads made of proteins) extend throughout a cell for motor proteins (carriers) to deliver neuronal cargo packed with many kinds of materials required for life activity.

Developing 2D materials similar to graphene remains a challenge, but chemists are making progress — moving closer to smaller and faster electronics and photonics.

Skin squames are a source of food for the bacteria found in air-cooling units, which produce odours even in a dust-free air-conditioning system, a research by Hong Kong Baptist University scholars revealed.

Researchers at Qatar University have provided an immense development in the field of fertilization and assisted reproduction technology by revealing major technical issues in the debate regarding the identity of the “sperm factor”.

A team of researchers from Hokkaido University and Kansai University has developed DNA-assisted molecular robots that autonomously swarm in response to chemical and physical signals, paving the way for developing future nano-machines.

A method to visualize hidden statistical structure helps make sense of environmental data.

Ultrathin, rigid silicon segments that are wired through interdigitated metal contacts produce ultraflexible high-performance solar cells.

A comparison of the genomes of two species of coral demonstrates unexpected genetic diversity.

Students from Qatar University College of Health Sciences (QU-CPH) Department of Biomedical Sciences, in collaboration with external researchers from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), innovated a unique approach to understand the underlying mechanism of a special type of leukemic cancer.