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Steering A Turtle With Your Thoughts

Researchers have developed a technology that can remotely control an animal’s movement with human thought.

A Mathematical Approach To Virus Classification

New research supports a structure-based classification system for viruses which could help in the identification and treatment of emerging viruses like Zika.

Making Swimming Less Of A Drag

Researchers in Japan have developed a method for accurately determining drag during different swimming strokes.

Calling For Asia’s Best Science Communicators

The Asian Scientist Writing Prize returns this year to turn a spotlight on the region's best and brightest science writers.

Minimalist CRISPR ‘Gene Scissors’ Make Way For Undruggable Targets

By using a smaller version of Cas9, researchers from South Korea have made it possible to edit genes in the eyes of live mice.

7 Must-Read Stories In February 2017

Keeping you up to date with the latest technology developments in Asia, from gene editing to hyperloop trains.

TSUBAME3.01 Set To Be Japan’s Largest Supercomputer

Equipped with over 2,000 of the latest NVIDIA GPUs, TSUBAME3.0 will give Japan an additional 47.2 petaFLOPS of supercomputing power.

Seeking Asia’s Best Science Writers

The Asian Scientist Writing Prize invites Asia's best science writers to try their hand at communicating science to the masses.

Seeing Saturn Through The Seasons

The Subaru Telescope has produced the highest resolution ground-based views ever made of Saturn’s rings.