Biology

The 24th Congregation held on the 28th October saw the conferment of Honorary Doctorates upon five prominent figures and doctoral degrees on 414 graduates.

A recent study from the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India & University of Lyon, France – brings a new hope for using ‘liquid-biopsy’ exosomal microRNA biomarkers (miRNAs) from urine to predict risk for kidney disease in diabetes patients.

The innate immune system may be able to be trained to react to viral infections more efficiently by repeated exposure to anti-viral signaling molecules.

Tereos, a global leader in sugar, alcohol, starch & sweeteners, and leading provider of healthy formulations, announced today the official opening of the Tereos Asia R&D Centre, in collaboration and supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)

Experimental evidence shows that Asian elephants possess numerical skills similar to those in humans.

Modeling changes in brain activity over time provides deeper insights into learning and behavioral responses.

YANGON, Myanmar – Working in collaboration with Myanmar’s Department of Fisheries (DoF), WCS has announced the creation of a new protected area for a population of critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) living in the Ayeyawady River of central Myanmar.

The female of a sex-role reversed cave insect species Neotrogla has evolved a switching valve to receive more semen during mating, when a penis-like structure in the female anchors in the male “vagina.”

Xin Gao’s research is building bridges between computer science and biology.

"It's the responsibility of every individual and the civil society to be responsible and ensure accountability to implement and invest in schemes and legislations for girls' education," Puja Marwaha, CEO at Child Rights and You (CRY) says.

A new study has utilized a novel method to estimate long-term ozone exposure and previously reported epidemiological results to quantify the health burden from long-term ozone exposure in three major regions of the world.

A graduate from South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has been appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering at Hanbat National University.

South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) celebrates with the new cohort of 'Rising-star Distinguished Professors', the highest honor the university can bestow upon faculty members who are under the age of 45.

Females of a socially monogamous passerine, the Japanese great tit (Parus minor), become more promiscuous after hatchings fail in the first breeding attempt — apparently attempting to ensure successful reproduction.

A study by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has detected an extensive amount of sunscreen chemicals in seawater that could pose a risk to human health.

Genome sequencing of two Red Sea bacteria highlights their potential as industrial workhorses.

Both sexes of a songbird called the blue-capped cordon-bleu intensify courtship performances that involve singing and dancing in the presence of an audience, especially if it is a member of the opposite sex, an international team of researchers has discovered. [Joint press release by Hokkaido University and Max Planck Institute for Ornithology.]

Genetics isn’t as important as once thought for the evolution of altruistic social behavior in some organisms, a new insight into a decade-long debate.

Composition in cryptic fauna assemblages changes across a shelf gradient, a recent study of the Red Sea shows.

A novel cosmetic product, designed to fill small to moderate facial scars, has shown promise in covering such deformities in a small group of patients.

How cells arrange themselves into precise tissue structures like wings is a response, and a resistance, to global mechanical patterning in a tissue.

Genetic study shows that Javan lutung monkeys have a poor sense of taste.

An analysis of the chemical signals sent out by rice plants under attack by the brown planthopper could help in natural control of this insect pest.

~ British Heart Foundation to tackle the suffering and devastation caused by heart and circulatory diseases with historic research award ~

Using deep-learning techniques to locate potential human activities in videos.

The technology-brokerage event will be held at Marina Bay Sands from 18 to 19 of September, with the food innovation track returning this year.

Four-Day Event to Convene Sustainability Businesses, Leaders and Experts

Tropical South-East Asian countries where mosquitos thrive are at risk, and must take action to reduce the threat.

Cells that provide structural support to the intestine’s interior lining also have special defences against toxins.

Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have identified the gene related to the greenish flower mutation in the Habenaria orchid.