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Academia 1 year ago

ASEAN, Canada work together for health security

Through data analytics, visualization and communication, ASEAN member states are leveraging cutting-edge technology to increase their preparedness and ability to anticipate, prevent and respond to epidemics and pandemics.

Academia 2 years ago

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Transforming waste challenges into STEM opportunities

Collaborative projects enable students to apply their learning in real-life contexts, such as designing efficient recycling systems for their schools.

Academia 3 years ago

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Dual use of synthetic biology, the perils and promises

Because emerging synthetic biology is dual-use, governance must weigh the risk of misuse with the potential for beneficial use in innovation and development.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

New early embryo models offer hope for research on miscarriages, birth defects

Scientists have generated early-stage human embryo models that could help shed light on the "black box" of initial human development stages and improve research on pregnancy loss and birth defects.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

Touchdown: NASA's Perseverance rover ready to search for life on Mars

The autonomously guided procedure was in fact completed more than 11 minutes earlier, the length of time it took for radio signals to return to Earth.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

Was there ever life on Mars? NASA's Perseverance rover wants to find out

NASA's Perseverance rover prepares for touchdown on the Red Planet Thursday to search for telltale signs of microbes that might have existed there billions of years ago, when conditions were warmer and wetter than they are today.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

World's tiniest reptile found in Madagascar

Tiny enough to perch comfortably on a fingertip, the ultra-compact chameleon -- dubbed Brookesia nana -- has the same proportions and world-weary expression as its larger cousins around the world.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

AI untangles one of biology's great challenges

For decades scientists have been trying to figure out how to swiftly predict the twisting, tangled shape of proteins -- and from there unravel a greater understanding of the machinery of life itself.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

Human footprints dating back 120,000 years found in Saudi Arabia

Around 120,000 years ago in what is now northern Saudi Arabia, a small band of homo sapiens stopped to drink and forage at a shallow lake that was also frequented by camels, buffalo and elephants bigger than any species seen today