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Weekly Update   View this email in your browser 2026 Magazine Submissions open - Find out more! Press Releases  Events  Opportunities  More Press Releases Duke-NUS sharpens focus on population health to curb rising healthcare costs and chronic disease burden By Duke-NUS Medical School • Singapore's flagship medical school is doubling down on population health research and technology-enabled solutions to strengthen healthcare systems and prepare tomorrow's leaders • The School rebrands its Health Services & Systems Research (HSSR) programme to deliver policy-relevant, tech-dr Novel Accurate Approach Improves Understanding of Brain Structure in Children with ADHD By The University of Osaka Magnetic resonance imaging often yields inconsistent results when assessing the brain's structural characteristics in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Duke-NUS sharpens focus on population health to curb rising healthcare costs and chronic disease burden By Duke-NUS Medical School • Singapore's flagship medical school is doubling down on population health research and technology-enabled solutions to strengthen healthcare systems and prepare tomorrow's leaders • The School rebrands its Health Services & Systems Research (HSSR) programme to deliver policy-relevant, tech-dr Eel-astic robots? Stretch and Pressure are the Keys to Eels' Remarkable Locomotive Abilities By Tohoku University Did you know eels are one of the few vertebrates capable of swimming even when their spinal cords are completely severed? How they do this has long puzzled scientists. New Organic Polymer Paves the Way for Recyclable Water-Based Batteries By Tohoku University Aqueous batteries, which use water-based solutions as an electrolyte, have been around since the 1860s. They are safe, efficient, and cheap. But many electrode materials do not perform well in aqueous electrolytes. Organic redox polymers are no different. Traditional Japanese Samurai Daily Behavior Improves Leg Strength By Tohoku University With just five minutes a day of training in Rei-ho (an ancient practice common amongst samurai), seniors can improve their leg strength and build up muscles essential for independent living. How eye-less corals see the light By Osaka Metropolitan University Reef-building corals use a previously unknown mechanism involving chloride to 'see' visible light Lingnan University's Campus Life Carnival, with stands from 40 student societies and university teams, delights over 1,000 new students By Lingnan University To encourage new students to explore and take part in all the different aspects of university life, Lingnan held a key orientation activity, its Campus Life Carnival, last night, 4 September. Watching nanometer filament extension in real-time By National Taiwan University Using optical tweezers, researchers at National Taiwan University observed individual binding events in real time, offering new insights into the molecular regulation of homologous recombination. Unveiling the identity of Crohn's disease T cells By The University of Osaka The research group led by Drs. Mitsuru Arase, Mari Murakami, and Prof. Effective urban planning from real-world population tracking By Hiroshima University Tracking human behavioral patterns in cities can be used to determine urban delineations and urban land use, which has the potential to improve urban planning. Taiwan Innotech Expo 2025 Opens October 16: AI Innovation Driving a Smarter, Sustainable Future By Asia Research News Partnerships Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE) 2025 will return from October 16–18 at Taipei World Trade Center, Hall 1, uniting government, academia, and industry under the theme "Cross-Domain AI Innovation: Driving the Future with Intelligence." The event will feature 450 exhibitors presenting nearly 1,100 patented t Cool crawler, 1,2,3.. Freeze & more! By Asia Research News Self-healing hydrogel, Cool crawler, AI and world's longest crop experiment & Freeze-framing cells. Plus how media interest helps engineers and society. Read all in the latest Editor's Choice NeuraLeaf: A single CG model captures the diverse world of plant leaves By The University of Osaka Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed NeuraLeaf, a revolutionary CG model using deep learning to represent diverse plant species and their leaf deformations. Duke-NUS scientists link waning Japanese encephalitis immunity to higher dengue severity By Duke-NUS Medical School Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) vaccination both prevents JEV and lowers dengue severity. Here we glow: new organic liquid provides efficient phosphorescence By The University of Osaka A metal-free organic liquid has been developed that phosphoresces at room temperature. Rapid phosphorescence endows the liquid with the highest phosphorescence efficiency in air among organic liquids. Targeted Cell Removal Offers Treatment Hope By Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) at Kyoto University A customizable protein has been developed to help the body remove harmful cells, such as those involved in cancer or autoimmune diseases, offering a potential new direction for treatments. Using AI to Improve Nickel Catalysts for Converting Carbon Dioxide into Methane By Tohoku University Researchers at Tohoku University have applied explainable machine learning to identify key factors for nickel-based catalysts that improve CO₂ methanation. The findings show how data-driven methods can guide catalyst design and support progress toward carbon recycling and sustainable energy. Harpswell Hosts Seventh ASEAN Women's Leadership Summit in Penang, Malaysia Harpswell will convene the in-person component of its 7th annual ASEAN Women's Leadership Summit, bringing together 33 outstanding young women leaders from across all 10 ASEAN countries and Nepal. Proboscis monkeys' big noses boost vocal identity By The University of Osaka This news article reports on a study revealing the importance of the proboscis monkey's large nose in vocal communication. Physical AI Uses Both Sight and Touch to Manipulate Objects Like a Human By Tohoku University Combining multiple sensory inputs has been a big hurdle for developing physical AI robots. Recent research at Tohoku University solves this problem using a brand new approach. Lingnan University congratulates the "Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou" cluster on ranking first in the 2025 Global Innovation Index By Lingnan University Lingnan University congratulates the "Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou" cluster on achieving the top position in the 2025 Global Innovation Index (GII) Ranking of World's Top 100 Innovation Clusters. Flexible Perovskite Device Achieves Optical Logic Emission for Motion Capture and Stress Sensing By National Taiwan University A flexible perovskite light-emitting device integrating ester polymer crystallization enables optical logic signals under bending and stretching, paving the way for motion capture and intelligent sensing applications. Lingnan University scholars co-develop novel eco-friendly, biodegradable, self-healing bioplastic, and publish findings in Nature Communications By Lingnan University To reduce plastic pollution and promote environmental sustainability, scholars from the Lingnan University School of Interdisciplinary Studies and their research team have developed a successful new eco-friendly bioplastic material. New method to study embryonic implantation offers hope for assisted reproduction By The University of Osaka Researchers from The University of Osaka have found that they can keep mouse uterine tissue alive outside of the body, allowing them to directly observe embryonic implantation and development. Macrophages swallow damaged mitochondria through microautophagy By The University of Osaka Researchers from The University of Osaka found that macrophages use microautophagy, mediated by Rab32-positive lysosome-related organelles, to directly engulf damaged mitochondria and other organelles. This was discovered to be independent of macroautophagy. Nanofilm breakthrough: Atoms under control, new functions unleashed By The University of Osaka Scientists at The University of Osaka and Tohoku University have developed a groundbreaking technique for creating nanoscale magnetic thin films with embedded functionality. A new attack reshapes the rules of Bitcoin mining By Singapore University of Technology and Design A new study by an SUTD researcher and his collaborators introduces a pooled mining attack that overturns a long-standing assumption about Bitcoin's security economics. The top hot spots in Tokyo: revealing the impact of climate change through data fusion By Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS) Researchers led by Associate Professor Hideki Kikumoto at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo fuse regional climate datasets and local weather observations to find a significant rise in urban temperatures and heatwaves in Tokyo World's First Clinical Trial Showing Lubiprostone Aids Kidney Function By Tohoku University A drug called lubiprostone - typically used for constipation - was remarkably shown to help patients with chronic kidney disease. 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