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THE mustards, broccolis and cab- bages of the world share a distinct and bitter taste. Some consider the flavor of cruciferous plants their strongest...

FOR six years, Ugandan policymakers and journalists have expressed frustrations about the difficulty in appreciating scientific terminologies and messages presented about biotechnology. On many occasions,...

NEW research has discovered that cigarette butts - the most common form of litter on the planet - significantly reduce plant growth. Led by academics...

BY SAMIRA RASUL A special dialogue session was hosted by the Research Management & Innovation Complex, University of Malaya recently. The speaker, Rekha Pai Kamath, is...

A small paper cut in the finger and we can see red blood oozing out. A common assumption is that the presence of haemoglobin causes...

BY SADEQUR RAHMAN The story of the discovery of penicillin is enchanting.  An overworked microbiologist goes on holiday, opens plates with bacteria growing on them,...

IN the early 1900s, astronomers were debating the makeup of spiral nebulae — cloudy, spiral-shaped objects found throughout the night sky. Were they gas clouds...

The   partnership between clownfish and sea anemones is one of the most iconic in the animal world. Unlike in Pixar’s film Finding Nemo, clownfish...

Bangladesh,the first country to plant biotech eggplant, is ready to adopt biotech cotton. This was expressed by the research and development leaders of the...

Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan was selected by the Bureau International des Expositions to host the Expo 2017 under the theme “Future Energy” which...