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Researchers from Singapore Management University are unlocking how our cultural identity shapes our lives and attitudes, even at a subconscious level.

To maximise their bottom line, online retailers must integrate digital business data with physical product flow, according to researchers from Singapore Management University.

Fears that recreational drones could be used for spying or terrorism are based on little more than paranoia according to research from Singapore Management University.

Scientists at Hokkaido University in Japan have developed a new technique to unleash silenced genes and change cell fates using CRISPR/Cas9.

SMART innovation - 3D microfluidic device with embedded electrodes - enables the application of an electric field therapy to single or aggregated cancer cells in a 3D microenvironment.

The 2nd annual Aid & Development Asia Summit was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 21-22 June 2016 at the United Nations Conference Centre.

Many young smokers in Malaysia start smoking when they are attending secondary school and rationalise that the benefits of smoking are greater than its risks, according to recent studies in the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (JSSH).

Graphene quantum dots can improve the efficiency of silicon solar cells.

Hokkaido University researchers investigated what makes a specific nerve cell in the brain regenerate when others do not.

Computer model fills fundamental knowledge gaps of a high performance solar material.

Polymeric materials that stretch out when electrically stimulated can benefit from realistic numerical simulations.

A combination of advanced signal processing and magnetic layer stacking promises to increase hard drive capacity and reliability.

Tired of running out of charge on your smartphone? The hunt is on for a longer-lasting battery.

Use of Ion Conducting Solid Electrolyte Created a Breakthrough. A Step toward Realization of Low-Current High-Capacity Memory Devices.

Integration of a Hime Diamond into the Device Simplifies Measurement of Electrical Resistance under Ultra-High Pressure.

Researchers have developed a way to protect data and enable information services to continue working in disaster-affected areas, even when there is a network disruption over a wide area preventing access to remotely located back-ups.

Scientists have built a gene expression database of a stag beetle and identified genes important for sex determination and differentiation.

A researcher in Malaysia has developed an adjustable tables where the front portion can be tilted for easy reading and writing in order to minimize the ergonomic health risks among school children.

International researchers centered at Nagoya University use a highly sensitive technique to identify significantly more DNA sequence repeats in patients with schizophrenia than in control individuals, and outline a possible link between genome instability and disease.

Biology has inspired new ways to harvest and collect water.

A statistical model that accurately describes rainfall at both extremes opens the way for more reliable predictions of flood and drought risk.

Scientists at Hokkaido University have developed a device that employs both magnetic and electronic signals, which could provide twice the storage capacity of conventional memory devices, such as USB flash drives.

Findings could open up possibilities for more targeted therapies for the disease.

A comparative study by University of Malaya researchers highlighted the prominence of environmental aspects in building assessment themes in Malaysia. The study has been published in the journal Ecological Indicators, Volume 69.

A 3D dome theater movie visualizing superstring theory and supervised by a Kavli IPMU researcher has received the Best Educational Production Award, it was announced at the International Planetarium Society (IPS) Fulldome Festival Brno 2016 in the Czech Republic on June 17.

Scientists in Korea have developed a protein-scaffolding tool that paves the way for the assembly of diverse proteins with defined structures and functions.

Innovative chemistry has produced synthetic membranes with improved properties for industry, research and biomedicine.

Scientists have found a way to simultaneously monitor the switching on and off of circadian “clock” genes and their effects on mouse behaviour in real-time.

A receptor, first known for its role in mediating the harmful effects of the environmental pollutant dioxin in our body, is now understood to play other important roles in modulating the innate immune response.

KAIST researchers have sequenced the whole genome of Clostridium tyrobutyricum, which has a higher tolerance to toxic chemicals, such as 1-butanol, compared to other clostridial bacterial strains.