Jeremy Chan

Using frogs and fish as model organisms, Dr. Xue Shifeng is shedding light on some of the most fundamental processes in developmental biology.

On the frontlines of gastric cancer research, Professor Bang Yung-Jue is hoping to expand the arsenal of anticancer drugs and prolong patients’ lives.

Burdened by chronic disease and aging populations, the healthcare sector is looking to technology to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses more efficiently.

Supercomputers play a key role in artificial intelligence-enabled computer vision, says SenseTime co-founder Lin Dahua.

Having founded Genequest when she was still a student, Dr. Shoko Takahashi is well on her way to creating a human genome database that could help advance clinical research in Asia.

In a world's first, China lands its lunar probe Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon.

The sole winner of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Professor Susumu Tonegawa helped discover the genetic basis for antibody diversity. Today, he is spearheading research in neuroscience, seeking the biological mechanisms of memory.

Dr. Witri Wahyu Lestari is helping to develop the catalysts necessary for obtaining more ecologically-friendly fuels.

The counter-intuitive nature of quantum physics was what drew Associate Professor Urbasi Sinha to a career in science. Now, her research is paving the way for computers many times more powerful than the ones we have today.