Scientific research

NASA’s 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale

Since its launch in 2004, Swift had studied hundreds of supernova explosions, star-shredding black holes, stellar X-ray flares, asteroids and comets, contributing to some 7,000 published scientific papers.

Facing Chinese pressure, Taiwan says it must be master of its own maritime information

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel moves in Keelung, as China conducts \"Justice Mission 2025\" military drills around Taiwan, in Keelung, Taiwan, December 30, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo/File Photo

China says US should stop discriminatory measures against Chinese research institutions

China’s Commerce Ministry said that strengthening Chinese-US scientific research cooperation serves the common interest of both sides.

Summer heat’s toll on Europe: 50,000 deaths and a $24.3b GDP hit

Scientists determined that almost two-thirds of the deaths linked to high summer temperatures would not have happened without climate change.

America’s new era of private science

Scientists at the University of Minnesota have created SpudCell, the first synthetic cell to complete a full life cycle - from birth to division into next-generation cells - after being made from lifeless chemicals.

In search for Amelia Earhart’s plane, tantalising clue turns out to be tree debris

American pilot Amelia Earhart’s disappearance endures as one of the great mysteries of the 20th century and aviation history.

Japan probe on its way to Mars moon in historic mission

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency hopes the mission will reveal how Mars and its two moons formed, a key piece of knowledge in working out how the solar system was born.

S’pore scientists developing treatment to target fluid that fuels cancer in abdominal lining

(From left) NUS Medicine Department of Surgery professor Jimmy So, NCCS Department of Sarcoma, Peritoneal and Rare Tumours (SPRinT) head Johnny Ong, SPRinT senior consultant Claramae Chia and SGH Division of Pathology chairman Tony Lim.

Mirror life and why we should avoid creating it

The Helix Bridge, a pedestrian bridge in the Marina Bay Area in Singapore, was designed to mirror the double-helix structure of DNA.

Japan to launch historic round-trip mission to Mars moon

A Propulsion Module (left) and Exploration and Return Modules, making up the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) spacecraft, at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima prefecture, on Aug 13.

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