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Researchers in Japan have designed the first ever single nucleotide polymorphism array that has been optimized for the Japanese population. This basic analysis tool can be used for studying the genes related to the physical constitution and diseases that are peculiar to the Japanese.

Scientists have developed a simple process to treat waste coffee grounds to allow them to store methane. The simple soak and heating process develops a carbon capture material with the additional environmental benefits of recycling a waste product.

Researchers in Saudi Arabia have developed a new technique to produce a direct image of the DNA helix and its inner structure.

Researchers from Korea and US have constructed a biological circuit that spans two genetically engineered strains of bacteria, one serves as an activator and the other as a repressor to regulate gene expression across multiple cell types, and found that the circuit generates surprisingly robust rhythms under various conditions.

A research group in Japan has fabricated molecular motors on a metal substrate using supramolecules, and successfully reversed rotation of molecular motors by rearranging bonding between molecules that constitute a supramolecule.

Researchers in Japan found that molecular machines can be easily manipulated using very small mechanical energy, taking advantage of the property that they aggregate on the surface of water.

A group in Japan has developed tissue adhesive porous films that promote angiogenesis without using growth factors. This new technology may contribute to medical cost reduction making expensive growth factors-free.

The electrical power sector in Pakistan provides a lens through which researchers can examine the government’s level of service to its citizens. The research project aims to produce the country's first electricity distribution map.

Researchers are studying the driving forces and trends underlying socioeconomic mobility in Singapore. They have found that parents’ income and occupations were major factors in predicting the occupations and incomes they would eventually achieve.

Minority investors need to be protected through better information and corporate governance. A study from Singapore aims to achieve this by understanding how minority investors fair in companies dominated by majority shareholders.

Researchers in Singapore and UK have examined whether banks that recognised their potential loan losses early also priced their loans at a higher rate compared to other banks. Their results showed that banks with conservative accounting were indeed more prudent in their lending.

This research from Singapore aims to help businesses in Asia translate intellectual property rights into innovation and economic gains.

A Malaysian rice variety gives higher yields with less fertilizer compared to two other varieties grown in Southeast Asia. This could be key to increasing food security in times of climate change, according to a recent analysis published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science (JTAS).

Scientists have developed a method, using a double layer of lipids, which facilitates the assembly of DNA origami units, bringing us one-step closer to DNA nanomachines.

Mutants of a common fungus produce endoxylanase enzymes twice as potent as the original strain.

Using normal graphics processors, a new program for identifying repeated patterns in complex networks significantly boosts search performance.

Simulations show why platinum nanoparticles become less effective catalysts at small sizes

More efficient chips based on plasmonics are a step closer to reality through better control of the directional excitation of plasmons in a gold grating

Dried sewage sludge could be an alternative cement material for concrete, researchers in Malaysia have found.

A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has received the First Prize Papers Award from the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL).

Researchers in Japan successfully developed single-crystal phosphors that use a blue LD (laser diode) as an excitation light source, are suitable for ultra-bright, high-power white lighting, and have outstanding temperature characteristics.

Scientists have developed a technique that could lead to therapies for pain relief in people with intractable pain, potentially including cancer-related pain.

Scientists in Malaysia have found that crab shells are effective in removing copper and cadmium from contaminated waters.

An improved understanding of how the circulatory system is formed is the first step to combating multiple diseases characterized by vascular issues.

University of Tokyo researchers discovered an increase in a helium isotope during a ten-year period before the 2014 Mount Ontake eruption in central Japan. The finding suggests this anomaly is related to activation of the volcano’s magma system and could be a valuable marker for long-term risk mitigation.

SMU Assistant Professor Yang Hwajin studies how language shapes our ability to process information.

SMU Assistant Professor Song Jiyoung works on migration management, a multidisciplinary field that helps vulnerable migrants and mobile populations.

SMU Assistant Professor Travis Chow studies how tax influences the behaviour of companies and their shareholders.

Deciphering real world issues in economics is like solving a Rubik’s Cube, says SMU Assistant Professor Zhang Haiping.

Researchers at the SMU School of Economics are studying how education and trade form two basic pillars of a robust economy.