Students’ future has been halted as governments of Malaysia, Nepal and seven other Asian-Pacific nations reopen shopping malls and other businesses, but kept schools closed over COVID.
![Cai Tao, one of the first authors of the study, shows the sample of the starch. [Photo/Xinhua]](https://www.iybssd2022.org/wp-content/uploads/Cai%20Tao,%20one%20of%20the%20first%20authors%20of%20the%20study,%20shows%20the%20sample%20of%20the%20starch.%20[Photo%20Xinhua]%20-675x351.jpg "Cai Tao, one of the first authors of the study, shows the sample of the starch. [Photo/Xinhua]")
A group of Chinese scientists have finally created starch via the industrial manufacturing process, six years after launching their research.
The application portal for the intake of new Individual Members and Junior Members of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is now open.
In an interview with Academia Europaea Cardiff Knowledge Hub, Prof. David Allison of Indiana University talks about obesity, nutrition and his passion for evidence-informed policymaking.
An international research project involving 180 scientific institutions have identified genes that could predict menopause timing.
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A theoretical explanation has been proposed of how excess free electrons in the surface layer of particles affect incident microwave radiation.
-675x351.jpg "A Brazilian health professional preparing a vaccine. From Egypt to Brazil, countries have started work on their own COVID-19 vaccinations in the face of a so-called ‘vaccine apartheid’. IMF- Raphael Alves, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).jpg")
This feature article reveals how low- and middle-income countries are turning to home-grown vaccinations against COVID-19 as the UN-backed COVAX facility fails to deliver.
Though recently-launched, the STEM Women Asia will provide an online directory of women in Asia and Oceania working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Mainstreaming gender balance in science still remains a mirage after a recent study confirmed that women are under-represented in over 120 science organizations, worldwide.
The UN Food Systems Summit ended recently with thousands of people from around the world pledging to transform food systems with nearly 300 commitments.
