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In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat
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Java Sparrows in Love Show enhanced eyerings
Birds are known for their elaborate courtship rituals and romantic gestures that are replete with beautiful songs, complex…
Dozens of Student Teams Worldwide to Compete in NASA Rover Challenge
NASA has selected 72 student teams to begin an engineering design challenge to build human-powered rovers that will…
200-year-old DNA helps map tiny fly’s genetic course to new lands, modern times
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Lund University extracted and analyzed DNA from fruit flies housed in…
“A new lens” into the Universe’s most energetic particles
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Boom, crackle, pop: Sounds of Earth’s crust
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PolyU’s Strikes a Deal with Kinex Pharmaceuticals
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) entered into a license agreement today with a global oncology specialist company, Kinex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Kinex). Under the agreement, Kinex will adopt the patented Apigenin Flavonoid Dimer to inhibit multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells and develop oral versions of cancer drugs currently administered through intravenous injection. Kinex will also […]
‘Special award’ to The IoE Pulchowk Campus
Kathmandu– Rabin Dhakal and Sirapa Shrestha, students of Institute of Engineering(IoE )Pulchowk Campus, participated in Capstone design context-CORE 15 has been awarded with the “special award” for their project entitled “Design Optimization of basin…
New techniques in the performance practice and compositions of the Malay Gamelan
Assimilating traditional musical instruments into contemporary musical composition. Globalization has brought about changes in the music scene. Traditional music from all over the world is being incorporated into a contemporary…
Women Scientists in Developing Countries Receive Elsevier Foundation Awards for Physics and Math
Talented Nigerian, Sudanese and Vietnamese scientists honored at AAAS Annual Meeting San Jose, California– Four physicists and a mathematician have been named winners of the 2015 Elsevier Foundation Awards for…