DNA breakdown in real time🧬, mini-brain for Parkinson's, heavy water and weather ⛈️

DNA breakdown in real time, How crystals bend without breaking, Mini-brain for Parkinson’s, Heavy water helps weather forecasts, Exploring fish diversity and Mindfulness and self-stigma. Read it all in this month's Editor's Choice

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DNA breakdown in real time🧬, mini-brain for Parkinson's, heavy water and weather ⛈️

Asia Research News is the largest science press release platform for Asia. Here's a selection that caught our attention.

DNA breakdown in real time

Kanazawa University

Researchers have directly visualised how enzymes find and break DNA molecules in real time. Their findings could contribute to understanding genetic information, immune responses, and DNA-based therapies.

STORM

How crystals bend without breaking

National Taiwan University

Chemists uncovered how motion inside molecular crystals helps explain why some crystals can bend and expand without breaking. They also showed why closely related crystals can behave very differently.

Molecular scissors

Mini-brain for Parkinson’s

Sungkyunkwan University

A research team has developed technology that combines a stem cell–derived "mini-brain" with a sensor that maximizes light–matter interaction. It can verify the efficacy of Parkinson's disease treatments in real time.

"Organoid-on-a-chip"

Heavy water helps weather forecasts

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS)

For the first time, scientists demonstrated that incorporating satellite measurements of water vapour isotopes into weather models improves weather and rainfall forecasts.

Isotope fingerprints

Maple-seed-inspired robot

Singapore University of Technology and Design

By giving a maple-seed-inspired robot the ability to plan ahead, researchers improved its flight accuracy without adding motors or mechanical complexity.

Figure-eights

Exploring fish diversity

City University of Hong Kong

A research team invented a new membrane that improves the efficiency of collecting and detecting marine organisms’ environmental DNA, providing a more sensitive and reliable tool for monitoring marine biodiversity.

Field test

Mindfulness and self-stigma

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

A study investigated self-stigma among university students and found that, over time, students with higher levels of mindfulness had lower self-stigma and fewer depressive symptoms.

In the minority

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