Moving past herd immunity and towards normalcy
Reading Time: 7 minutesBY SAARANI VENGADESEN HIGH daily death tolls and more than 5,000 new cases; insufficient ICU beds, new variants, prolonged lockdown, and fatigue among medical frontliners are posing great challenges in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. Other issues include the infodemic, fake news on social media, and pseudoscience shaping public opinion that could jeopardise measures to control […]
Food from Science to Life
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI Factors that determine food choice Have you ever wondered what is your relationship with food? Why do you choose the food you choose to eat? Let’s explore what the determinants of your food choice are! Because there are numerous factors other than nutrient needs that influence which food you choose […]
Award-winning Purple Tomato to be Released in China in Disney Packaging
Reading Time: < 1 minutePURPLE tomato known as Yoom, which won as Fruit Logistica Innovation Award in Berlin in February 2020, will be distributed in China in packaging featuring well-loved Disney characters. Aside from Yoom, Nebula tomato, which has sweet and full of flavor, will also be packaged in with Disney characters. The Yoom tomato is unique because of […]
Researchers Report Resequenced Vietnamese Rice Genome
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAN international team of researchers from Earlham Institute, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), genebanks, and rice breeders from Vietnam has generated new genomic data from the local rice varieties of Vietnam that could be a source of novel genes to help breed crops with higher resistance to climate change. The researchers have analyzed 672 Vietnamese rice genomes, 612 of which […]
Kenya National Biosafety Authority Approves Genetically Modified Cassava
Reading Time: < 1 minuteON June 22, 2021, the Kenya National Biosafety Authority (NBA) approved the environmental release of genetically modified (GM) cassava event 4046, resistant to cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) developed by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO). The NBA Board approved the application as stated in the decision document dated June 16, 2021, following the necessary […]