HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), Ocean Park Corporation and Lingnan University jointly opened the first International Conference on Integrated Conservation of Asian Turtles, bringing together more than 100 experts…
Secrets of Bonsai: Uncovering the mechanism of root…
The molecular mechanism behind root regeneration after root cutting in plants has been discovered. A finding which could lead to the development of new methods for regulating plant growth in agriculture and horticulture. [caption id="attachment_13221"…
Diet tracker in space
[caption id="attachment_13213" align="alignnone" width="625"] Thomas Pesquet[/caption] Whether you are on a diet or just want to be healthier, you might be one of those millions of people around the planet who use a mobile app…
Cassini and Huygens
[caption id="attachment_13209" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: ESA/J.Mai[/caption] In December 2004, after a seven-year journey as part of the international Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn, ESA’s Huygens probe separated from NASA’s Cassini orbiter to make a lonely one-way voyage to Titan,…
“Handedness” in Scale-eating Fish: Nature and Nurture
Two researchers from Nagoya University and the University of Toyama find scale-eating fish have a naturally stronger side for attacking prey fish, and learn to use the dominant side through experience. [caption id="attachment_13203" align="alignright" width="286"]…






