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This paper discusses the balance between artistry and science in the landscape design of memorial gardens, which relies on visual quality prediction. This paper introduces the theoretical basis of vision quality prediction, including the definition, evaluation method and prediction model of vision quality. This paper analyzes the artistry and scientificity of memorial garden landscape design. It expounds that artistry emphasizes the designer’s innovation and aesthetic expression, while scientificity focuses on the feasibility and practicability of design. Finding a balance between the two, so that the design can meet aesthetic and practical needs is an essential challenge for designers. The application of visual quality prediction in memorial garden landscape design and its influence on the balance between artistic and scientific design are discussed in detail. It is found that visual quality prediction can provide a scientific basis for designers to make decisions and help them create high-quality visual effects while meeting practical needs. The research results are summarized, and the future research direction is prospected. With the development of computer technology and artificial intelligence technology, visual quality prediction will play an increasingly important role in landscape design.

We illustrate the use of World Wide Web technologies for the teaching of general science topics to undergraduate non-science majors. The newly developed course, Science for the 21st Century, consists of modules each presenting scientific topics of current interest and broad appeal. Network- and computer-based tools are used by instructors to: 1) present multimedia material in lectures; 2) produce and store Web-based modules; 3) communicate notices about the course. Students use computers to: 1) access and review lecture material; 2) explore information sources (located on our server or elsewhere) for term projects and homework assignments; 3) obtain information about the course and communicate with instructors. We describe our experiences with this course and formulate some general conclusions which might be of interest to others wishing to use network-based resources for teaching.

An AI tool called the Quantitative Problem Solver (QPS) has been developed for building knowledge based systems which can solve quantitative problems in science and engineering. QPS can store and manipulate quantitative knowledge comprising numerical data and scientific laws represented by formulas. The human interface is based on the symbols commonly used by scientists and engineers. All knowledge is represented as objects and classes in an object-oriented knowledge base. QPS employs the familiar Problem Decomposition strategy for selecting the correct sequence of equations needed for solving problems and it has been tested by the building of knowledge based systems to solve several simple problems in Engineering and Physics.

In this paper we discuss the scientific basis of risk analysis, when a Bayesian approach is the foundation of the analysis. We argue that the analysis cannot be judged by reference to the traditional science paradigms alone, such as the natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics and probability theory. There is a need for recognitions of a risk analysis science which is related to the establishment of principles, methods and models to analysis, describe and communicate risk, in a decision-making context. The "goodness" of these principles, methods and models cannot be evaluated by reference to the accuracy in describing the world, as risk analysis is a tool for expressing and communicating uncertainty about the world. Empirical control is only relevant to some degree. An example of a risk analysis of an offshore installation is used to illustrate important issues.

New Polio Vaccine Delayed.

How Much One Needs to Know about One's Food?

Singapore: A Thriving Biomedical Hub.

Balancing Science and Ethics.

Singapore Firm Receives US$1 Million from NIH.

Science Crosses Political Barriers.

Soiken Developing Health Drink with Unnamed Partner.

Cipla Launches Arthritis Drug Mobix.

Drought — A Global Concern.

Big Money in Human Tissue Trade.

AUSTRALIA — Dietitians Warn against Self-diagnosed Food Allergies.

AUSTRALIA — Stem Cell Treatment for Brittle Bones in the Womb.

AUSTRALIA — Spine Surgery “Sewn Up” before First Cut.

AUSTRALIA — Grant to Boost Unique Heart Disease Research, Australia.

AUSTRALIA — Australia's First Fertilizer Research Center.

AUSTRALIA — Queensland Technology Licensed by Billion-Dollar US Company.

AUSTRALIA — Hair Sample May Provide Breast Cancer Diagnosis.

CHINA — Omnicare Clinical Opens Offices in China.

CHINA — Controversial Stem Cell Treatment Attracts Thousands.

CHINA — Olive Ingredient Improves Eye Health.

INDIA — Indian Medicinal Plant May Combat Liver Cancer.

INDIA — Meningococcemia Claims Six in Indian Capital.

INDIA — In Vitro Fertilization Facility Now at AIIMS.

INDIA — Satyam Makes Telemedicine Available in Remote Villages.

INDIA — US-based Hollister to Set Up Unit in Haryana.

INDIA — Operation Eyesight Universal to Spend US$4 Million in India.

INDIA — Avesthagen Launches Seven New Botanical Bioactives.

JAPAN — Optimal Band Imaging and Endoscopy to Detect Early Gastric Cancer.

JAPAN — New Bird Flu Outbreak in Japan treated to H5N1.

SINGAPORE — QIAGEN Opens New Service Solutions Center in Asia.

SINGAPORE — Biomedical Research Council Awards US$29 Million to 61 Research Projects.

SINGAPORE — A*STAR Launches New Award for Young Scientists.

SINGAPORE — A*STAR Signs MOU with Six Schools to Form Technology Network.

SINGAPORE — SGH Launches First Holistic Care Center.

NEW ZEALAND — Science New Zealand Launched.

TAIWAN — Cholesterol–lowering Drug is Effective against Staphylococcus aureus.

VIETNAM — Dead Poultry Raises Bird Flu Alarm in Vietnam.

AUSTRALIA – Aussie Meteorite Yields Anti-Epileptic Amino Acid.

AUSTRALIA – Novel Partnership Could Transform Breast Cancer Diagnosis.

AUSTRALIA – University of Sydney Academics Laud Sunbed Ban.

AUSTRALIA – Australian Universities Losing Appeal to Asians.

INDIA – New Nanobiotechnology Lab in Gurgaon.

INDIA – China, India, and Myanmar Collaborate to Develop Brahmaputra-Salween Ecosystem.

INDIA – Incredible India – Now Polio-Free.

INDIA – Increase Women's Participation in Science for Over-All Development of Nation.

JAPAN – DNA Motor Now Can Navigate Networks.

JAPAN – RIKEN's Diagnosis Technique Detects H1N1 at Record Speed.

JAPAN – New Hotspot on Rice Chromosome Could Yield Improved Varieties.

OTHER REGIONS — Delivering RNAi the Spongy Way.

INDONESIA – Biomed Analysis: Indonesia needs a central science fund.

KOREA – Agilent Technologies helps City of Daegu and Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology search for biomarkers for neurological diseases.

SINGAPORE – New S$6.5m facility at NTU by SCELSE and Carl Zeiss to boost used water treatment and environmental life sciences engineering research in Singapore.

SINGAPORE – Chugai expands in Singapore with opening of second satellite research institute.

SINGAPORE – Rising Above the Present into the Next-Generation.

SINGAPORE – Austrianova Singapore announces new pancreatic cancer models.

SINGAPORE – IBN and Fortis Colorectal Hospital establish tissue bank for colorectal cancer research.

SINGAPORE – Electronic medical records progress from an enterprise-centric solution to a customer-specific application, finds Frost & Sullivan.

SINGAPORE – Global perspectives on Health IT from Harvard Medical School thought leader, Dr Blackford Middleton.

AUSTRALIA – World's first fluorescent flowers.

UNITED KINGDOM – AbD Serotec introduces bovine and ovine Dendritic Cell Growth Kits and antibodies.

USA – Medicago Successfully Completes the Production of More Than Ten Million Doses of H1N1 VLP Influenza Vaccine in One Month.

USA – Research validates BioNano genomics' mapping platform for complex human genome analysis.

USA – Nine population strategies to stop short of 9 billion.

USA – Virtual science libraries to be launched in Central Asia.

USA – Vaginal ring may help reduce HIV infections.

MALAYSIA — Veolia expands presence in East Malaysia.

SINGAPORE — Syneron Dental Lasers signs distribution agreement with Healthcare Solutions & Services Pte Ltd.

SINGAPORE — Fujitsu advances healthcare innovation in collaboration with National University of Singapore.

SINGAPORE — Clearbridge BioMedics makes a big impact at the 2012 Asian Innovation Awards.

SINGAPORE — TauRx Pharmaceuticals receives $111.8m commitment from Genting to prepare for Market Leadership in Alzheimer's.

THAILAND — Key Phase II HIV/HCV trial has commenced in Bangkok.

AUSTRALIA — Hatchtech mechanism of action data and safety study published.

AUSTRALIA — Power to you: carbon nanotube muscles are going strong.

EUROPE — GE Healthcare Life Sciences opens new £3 million laboratories for cell science.

EUROPE — AstraZeneca announces Phase III results from naloxegol pivotal trials.

EUROPE — ACADIA's pimavanserin sees Phase III success.

EUROPE — Big Pharma is doing more for access to medicine in developing countries.

EUROPE — CAVATAK™ bladder cancer – positive preliminary data.

EUROPE — Avita Medical initiates European trial in the management of chronic lower limb ulcers.

NORTH AMERICA — FEI unveils broad correlative microscopy solution set for cell biologists.

NORTH AMERICA — A single dose of Medicago's H5N1 VLP vaccine protects against additional pandemic flu strains in a preclinical study.

NORTH AMERICA — Biologics and stem cell research boost the cell culture market.

Dennis Gillings receives SCRIP Lifetime Achievement Award, Quintiles named CRO of the Year.

IMCD to distribute TPE-S, TPE-V compounds.

Selecta Biosciences and Sanofi sign global collaboration to develop antigen-specific immunotherapies.

Verisante Aura named finalist for 2013 SPIE Prism Award.

Direvo introduces BluCon™ for the conversion of non-food biomass to biofuel and chemical building blocks.

JHL Biotech Opens Innovative Biosimilars Manufacturing Facility in China

Chinese Researchers Find Direct Evidence that Zika Causes Microcephaly in Mice

President Xi Jinping Stresses Science and Technology

Intertek CEO Visits China and Signs Strategic Partnership with CCIC and CQC to Promote Technical Innovation and Quality Assurance

Chinese Academy of Sciences Tops Global Science Institutions

Gene Decides How Young We Look

China Makes Plan to Accelerate Commercialisation of Research Findings

HONG KONG NEWS – Prenetics Launches iGenes Test with Quality HealthCares

HONG KONG NEWS – ORI Healthcare Fund Invests in Pillar Biosciences

DeltaHealth Inspires a New Standard of Cardiovascular Care in China with the Opening of its First Hospital in Shanghai.

International Science Community Welcomes China National GeneBank Opening.

Shanghai Newsummit Biopharma Group and Indiso Sign Collaboration Agreement for Clinician Trials and Commercial Development in China.

Merck Strengthens Display Materials R&D in China.

Shuwen Biotech's Clinical Lab Receives Accreditation from College of American Pathologists.

Booming Chinese DNA Sequencing Market Rife with Opportunities Reports BCC Research.

China Issues Plan on Turning Beijing Into a Tech Innovation Hub.

Study Shows Sound-induced Fear Can Be Treated.

One Step Closer to Predicting Cancer Risk.

China Reveals Plans for National Lab System.

CSA Group Grants Philips Suzhou its First CPC Laboratory Qualification in China.

China-Myanmar Established Biodiversity Research Institute Unveiled in Nay Pyi Taw.

Athenex and Beijing Sciecure Pharmaceutical Announce Binding Agreement to Launch and Market Five Injectable Pharmaceutical Products in North America.

MicuRx Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial for MRX-I, A New Potent Oral Antibiotic Against Gram-positive Bacteria, Including MRSA.

WuXi AppTec Receives Inaugural "Company of the Year" Award from BayHelix.

The US FDA Granted Orphan Drug Designation to Yisheng Biopharma's Biological Product for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

China Promotes Sci-Tech Cooperation Along Belt and Road.

Infinitus launches Joint Laboratory for the Research of Modern Preparation Technology with Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

APACMed in MedTech Industry – Insights from Brent Scott

L’Oréal Supports Women Contributing in Science Industry

China’s Healthcare Reforms: Who Will Survive?

Neovia Enrolls First Patient in Cancer Trial for Immunotherapy Enhancing Drug.

$5M Foundation Gift to Help Support US-China Energy Center at Berkeley Lab.

Scientists Make Breakthrough in 21st Century Killers Research.

Chinese Scientist Participates in Human Gene Editing Committee.

Monkeys Master a Key Sign of Self-awareness: Recognizing Their Reflections.

Poisonous Gas May Have Driven Prehistoric Mass Extinction.

Chinese Scientists in Rice Breakthrough.

China-Germany sci-tech cooperation continue to bring more opportunities.

Study reveals mechanism behind ginger’s warming effect on body.

Doctors in Guangzhou conduct 5G-assisted remote ultrasound scan.

China proposes major changes to pharmaceutical regulations.

Hangzhou attracts RMB1.5 billion investments in bio-pharmaceutical projects.

Genetic testing encouraged to prevent ovarian cancer.

New technology enables large-scale production of artemisinin for malaria.

Shanghai wants to develop top health innovation zone.

New synthetic biology research center launched in Shanghai.

Chinese scientists suggest new thoughts in lupus treatment.

Food security is a complex phenomenon made up of multiple dimensions — food availability, physical access to food, economic access to food, food utilization — each of which has a stability dimension which underpins it. This review provides details on these dimensions and links them to two published indices which provide assessments of the state of food security in a country. The paper further provides analyses of the main supply and demand factors in the food security equation. Food security faces natural and anthropogenic threats such as loss of productive land and water, climate change and declining crop productivity, all of which are potentially amenable to solutions provided by science and technology. Demographic and accompanying diet changes further exacerbate the demands made on the natural resource base for food production. Finally, possible responses to the challenges confronting a secured food future are discussed from technological, policy and system level perspectives.

This paper examines the relative efficiency of the innovation process in 75 countries worldwide during the period 2010–2018 using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Research and development (R&D) technical efficiency is examined using a model with R&D expenditure as an input and patents, trademark applications and scientific and technical journal papers as outputs. The results of this work confirm that there is no direct relationship between innovation efficiency and the resources are devoted to it. Furthermore, a lack of concern for technological progress was detected, focusing efforts on the best use of available technology and on changes of scale in innovation activities. For this reason, the governments of the countries should promote scientific and technological research which will make it possible to create and improve the current technologies and to have human resources that are highly trained and qualified for the working environment.

This paper explores start-up creation in biotech through an in-depth analysis of four new ventures located in the Upper Rhine Biovalley. This analysis helps us discuss the role of several factors in the performance of a new biotech firm. The study specifically outlines three elements, namely: the importance of public science, without which new biotech firms cannot exist; the role of the patent system, which impacts the business model adopted by the firm; and the importance of collaborations, which we study through the concept of distributed entrepreneurship.