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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.
Soft, But Stronger Than Steel
By combining soft hydrogels with a woven glass fiber fabric, researchers have made a highly flexible composite material that is tougher than steel.
Smashing Silicon To Make Lithium Batteries
Pulverized waste silicon be recycled into a high-performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries.
Cipla Launches Hepatitis B Vaccine In India
Cipla's hepatitis B vaccine can prevent 95 percent of the recipients from developing a chronic infection, protecting them for decades.
Asia’s Rising Scientists: Suidjit Luanpitpong
Cancer still strikes fear, but researchers like Suidjit Luanpitpong are working on treatments so that a diagnosis is no longer a death sentence.
