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Consumption of a bioactive compound from Neem plant could significantly suppress development of prostate...

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(From left to right) Principal Investigator Associate Professor Gautam Sethi and NUS PhD candidate Ms Zhang Jingwen from the Department of Pharmacology at the...

Researchers report advance in low-cost clean energy generation

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Combining concentrating solar and thermoelectric materials raises efficiency Researchers at the University of Houston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reported a substantial advance in...

CDC urging men at risk of Zika to postpone fatherhood

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CDC today announced updates to its interim guidance for pre-pregnancy counseling and prevention of sexual transmission of Zika based on ongoing assessment of available...
Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope

Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope

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The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is nestled within a natural basin in China's remote and mountainous southwestern Guizhou province. Nicknamed Tianyan, or the...
Structure of UBC’s tall wood building now complete

Structure of UBC’s tall wood building now complete

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UBC’s tall wood building, Brock Commons.Credit: Image courtesy of University of British Columbia The mass wood structure and façade has been completed for UBC's Brock...
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Current weak spots in Greenland’s ice sheet have been weak for thousands of years

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Sarqardliup glacier in west Greenland.Image Credit: Shfaqat Abbas Khan Earlier recent work has shown that the east, southeast and northwest regions of the Greenland ice...
Ancient global cooling gave rise to modern ecosystems

Ancient global cooling gave rise to modern ecosystems

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Sediment samples taken from 17 marine locations around the world reveal a 2.5-million-year cool period beginning about 7 million years, a time of sweeping...
The first genome of a coral reef fish

The first genome of a coral reef fish

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Researchers at KAUST have sequenced the genome of a coral reef fish from the Red Sea, the blacktail butterflyfish, for the first time. Credit:...

Rushing to complete work on deadline could mean more mistakes

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New management research from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University shows that when deadlines are in place workers, tend to...