TECH-SCIENCE-FOOD: KUALA LUMPUR- World’s Largest Rice Gene Bank Secures Funding to Fight Climate Change
A scientist shows “Golden Rice” (L) and ordinary rice at the laboratory of the International Rice Research Institute in Los
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SCIENCE: SHANGHAI, China- Lonely Chinese man buys pet ‘puppy’, only to realise later it is a bamboo rat
After posting photos of his pet dog online, the man was shocked to find out that he had been looking
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2018 NOBEL CHEMISTRY PRIZE: Frances H Arnold, George P Smith and Gregory P Winter win Nobel prize in chemistry
Briton and two Americans honoured for using evolutionary principles to develop proteins that have been used in new drugs and
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TECH: Microsoft co-founder passes away at 65
Paul Allen Paul Allen, who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s and later went on to become an
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TECH: HANOI- Vietnam Cyber Law Set for Tough Enforcement Despite Google, Facebook Pleas
Vietnam is preparing to strictly enforce a new cybersecurity law requiring global technology companies to set up local offices and
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SCIENCE: WASHINGTON, D.C.- Researchers identify erectile dysfunction gene
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Researchers have identified a genetic variant that is partially responsible for erectile dysfunction, a development that could help improve
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SCIENCE-HERPETOLOGY: YANGON- New gecko species added to the list
A new species added to the list. Photo – Supplied . And the journey to discover this new breed in
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TECH: Malaysia and Singapore reaffirm commitment to enhance ICT, digital economy
Pix for representational purpose only. . KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Singapore had during the Second Joint Committee Meeting of the
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TECH-CYBER: BRUSSELS- Cyber attacks: NATO warns Russia to halt ‘reckless’ behaviour
BRUSSELS: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday warned Russia to halt its “reckless” behaviour, after the Netherlands announced it had
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SCIENCE: Hummingbird’s new species found
New species of hummingbird named as Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus, or blue-throated star. . A team of ornithologists in Ecuador has identified a
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