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Trio wins Nobel Chemistry Prize for DNA repair work Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich of the US and Aziz Sancar, a Turkish-American, won the 2015 Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on how cells repair damaged DNA.

07 October 2015 17:01

'Gifts' from Chinese herbal medicine Derived from a herb used to treat fevers some 1,700 years ago, the anti-malaria drug artemisinin is one of many treatments plucked from the treasure chest of ancient Chinese medicine.

06 October 2015 12:40

Brain research gets $100 million boost Research into brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and traumatic injury got a boost with a $100 million pledge from a US foundation and seven universities.

02 October 2015 15:24

Liquid water found on Mars: NASA Liquid water has been observed on the planet Mars which makes it far more likely that life could be found there, the US space agency NASA said.

29 September 2015 12:04

Biotech stocks fall as Clinton slams high drug prices Biotech stocks took a hit after Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton pledged to take action against runaway price increases on specialty drugs.

22 September 2015 13:54

Headless human remains discovered in ancient Hun burials in Kazakhstan Archaeologists in Kazakhstan are puzzled over headless remains found in ancient burials of Hun and Sarmat warriors.

27 August 2015 19:07

Seven Kazakhstani start-up teams to travel to Sillicon Valley in October Seven start-up projects from Kazakhstan have qualified in the final round of TECHNATION acceleration program for start-up teams from CIS, Europe and Asia.

30 July 2015 17:48

Solar power plant developed by Nazarbayev University researchers and SunPower presented in Astana A solar power plant SunPower Oasis C-7 has been presented in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana.

16 July 2015 17:49

Some corals have DNA to adapt to warmer climate: study Some coral species are better at adapting to climate change than others, and they may be able to pass their hardy DNA onto the next generation.

26 June 2015 11:15

Chocolate may be good for your heart, study suggests New research has added to tentative evidence that eating chocolate in modest quantities may be good for the heart.

16 June 2015 13:22

Kazakhstani scientists explain Kalachi sleeping syndrome Are the causes of the sleeping syndrome in Kalachi finally found?

11 June 2015 02:18

New study backs risk estimate for contraceptive pills The broadest study of its kind on Wednesday backed estimates that newer kinds of contraceptive pills carry a higher risk of dangerous blood clots.

27 May 2015 13:45

Overweight in teens boosts middle age bowel cancer risk Teenagers who are very overweight may run double the risk of developing colorectal cancer when they reach middle age.

26 May 2015 15:41

Air France to continue transporting lab monkeys Air France will continue to transport live monkeys for laboratory testing, the airline's CEO Alexandre de Juniac said at an Air-France-KLM shareholders' meeting held.

22 May 2015 14:18

Smartphones among top gadgets for Americans: survey Smartphones are now used in 72 percent of US homes and have become the third most owned electronics item for Americans.

12 May 2015 12:33

Large Hadron Collider resumes collisions after upgrade The world's largest particle smasher resumed colliding protons Tuesday as it gradually reboots following a two-year upgrade.

06 May 2015 10:46

Russian cargo spacecraft hit by glitch: official Russian officials said an unmanned Progress spacecraft carrying supplies to the International Space Station had suffered a glitch.

28 April 2015 17:52

Most powerful space telescope ever to launch in 2018 As the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 25 years in space this week, NASA and its international partners are building an even more powerful tool.

22 April 2015 14:53

Google to help search for Scotland's Loch Ness monster Those keen to search for Scotland's mythical Loch Ness monster can do so after Google launched a cache of underwater and surface images of the lake.

22 April 2015 13:47

Japan robot receptionist welcomes shoppers She can smile, she can sing and this robot receptionist who started work in Tokyo never gets bored of welcoming customers to her upmarket shop.

20 April 2015 15:19

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