2025 magazine is out! Plus: asteroid revelations, quantum gem, fish facts & more

By rahmat hidayat

Monday, February 17, 2025

Editor's Choice: Monthly highlights from Asia Research News

The 2025 Magazine is here Be inspired by breakthroughs in sustainable transportation, materials technology, human health and medicine, and more. Enjoy! Asteroid contains life's building blocks Scientists detected all five nucleobases — molecules required for DNA and RNA — in samples returned from the asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.   Origin How fish detect color Zebrafish are known to detect color and brightness with the pineal gland. A study has identified proteins that inactivate cells in the gland depending on intensity of light.   Mind's eye Eco-friendly artificial muscles Polymer fibres incorporating crop waste can produce and store energy and lift loads thousands of times their own weight, with potential applications in robotics.  Corn & sugarcane Cell imaging gets a glow-up By creating new distinct bioluminescent colors for cell imaging, researchers have enabled the simultaneous detection of multiple labeled cells within a population.   20 colors Quantum gem Researchers have discovered that the gemstone spinel is capable of storing quantum information, making it a viable material in the field of quantum technology.  Qubit Healing skin with milkfish Milkfish skin, a common waste byproduct of the Philippine fishing industry, could potentially be turned into cost-effective wound dressing.   Like tilapia SciCom Coffee This year's first speaker is Motoko Kakubayashi, SciCom Coffee co-founder and press officer at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), The University of Tokyo.  See you! Asia Research News The Research Communication Experts Check out what else we do!      🧰 SciComm Resources         👩🏽‍🔬 Giants in History           🧐 Experts for Media           🐸 Magazine                       Join our community Follow Asia Research News! Asia Research News BRINGING DISCOVERY TO LIGHT   You are receiving this email because you have registered to receive information from Asia Research News, a ResearchSEA Limited Company. Manage subscription preferences (daily, weekly, monthly): Change frequency | Unsubscribe If you were forwarded this email and would like to receive this monthly newsletter, please subscribe here. Asia Research News Cambridge House Camboro Business Park, Girton Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0QH United Kingdom Add us to your address book Copyright © 2025 Asia Research News, All rights reserved.

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