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In a new study published in Nature, plant biologists at Nagoya University, Japan, has now revealed for the first time, the receptor in pollen tubes, which is required to detect LURE, an attractant peptide produced by ovules that is essential for plant fertilization to occur.

The growing globalisation of Singapore's legal profession presents both opportunities and challenges, says a researcher from Singapore Management University.

A researcher from Singapore Management University studies how the European Union wields sanctions and other foreign policy tools on the international stage.

Researchers from Singapore Management University are combining their mathematical, computational and business know-how to address challenges facing the inner-city deliveries of orders and shipments.

How do economic conditions change consumer preferences when it comes to energy conservation? A researcher from Singapore Management University finds out.

With the official launch of the 3D Advanced Additive Manufacturing Center, UNIST hopes promote 3D printing technology, as Ulsan's new future growth engine.

Stable environmentally friendly polymer coatings inhibit the surface buildup of bacterial and marine organisms.

On-the-spot diagnosis of certain cancers and other diseases is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a sensitive biosensor.

Surface chemistry offers new approach to directing crystal formation in pharmaceutical industry.

The design team at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, has been recognized for outstanding product design for its aftermarket wireless head-up display at the 2016 iF DESIGN AWARD in Munich.

Bringing three powerful chemical groups together offers new possibilities in drug development.

A research team in Korea has suggested an innovative concept of a reactor cooled by supercritical state carbon dioxide (S-CO2). The core has long life (20 years) without refueling as well as inherent safety features.

Aquilaria rostrata forest tree species said to have become extinct after the last time it was found about 100 years ago, has been rediscovered by researchers from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strains to synthesize non-natural, biomedically important polymers including poly(lactate-co-glycolate) (PLGA), previously considered impossible to obtain from biobased materials.

Researchers from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, have documented 60 species of butterflies in Kuala Lumpur city parks. They found that wild areas within parks are particularly popular with butterflies and should be maximized to encourage butterfly diversity. The study was published recently in the journal Urban Ecosystems.

Studies conducted at the Saudi Aramco-KAUST Marine Environmental Research Center provide new insights into the physical and biological aspects of the Red Sea.

Harvesting of oil palm fruits is now made easier and faster – thanks to Universiti Putra Malaysia and Malaysian Palm Oil Board which have jointly developed a new electric cutter innovation, known as E-Cutter.

A Malaysia-China joint research team explores on new medicinal uses of Malaysian traditional herbs Eurycoma longifolia, also known as Tongkat Ali.

Hailed as one of the six ground breaking innovations by the UK's daily newspaper Guardian – Smarter renewable power: six innovations, research led by Dr Chong Wen Tong at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, is indeed a ‘shining new light’ in the fight against the global epidemic of dengue and climate change.

An innovative project to develop a novel surgical robotic system (NSRS) with haptic (tactile) feedback and capable of single incision or natural orifice (incision-less) robotic surgery has been initiated by a team led by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

An international team of researchers in Japan is getting ready to power up a 50,000-ton neutrino detector by adding a single metal, which will turn it into the world’s first detector capable of analysing exploding stars beyond the immediate neighbourhood of the Milky Way.

Researchers in Japan are developing methods to improve the efficiency of biorefinery systems.

Researchers at Nagoya University and the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, successfully profiled passage of a magnetic cloud within a mass ejection event from the Sun. This success in the accurate simulation of a magnetic flux rope’s arrival on Earth provides vital improvements for real-time forecasting of space weather events.

A new initiative will help Nepali communities rebuild following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the country in April 2015.

A Korean industry-academic collaborative group has recently developed an anti-bacterial fabric that are effective against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology upgraded their smart glasses with a low-power multicore processor to employ stereo vision and deep-learning algorithms, making the user interface and experience more intuitive and convenient.

Scientists based at Nagoya University, Japan, demonstrate the development of behavioral laterality (left-/right-handedness) in a scale-eating cichlid from Africa’s Lake Tanganyika, Perissodus microlepis.

A new computer model greatly speeds up the analysis of data from electromagnetic reverberation chambers.

A simple fluid dynamics model accurately predicts how bubbles impact on solid surfaces.

Innovative method creates larger sheets of two-dimensional materials.