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Supercharging Healthcare Innovation

From bench to bedside, high performance computers are running simulations, crunching big data and suggesting medical treatments to make healthcare more effective and affordable.

The Curious Case Of Asia’s COVID-19 Mortality Rates

Why is the COVID-19 death rate in Asia three times lower than that of Europe? Lim XiaoZhi examines some possible reasons.

Revving Up COVID-19 Research

With the world racing to fight the coronavirus, Asia’s most powerful supercomputers are entering the fray.

Peering Into The CRISPR Crystal Ball

CRISPR has come a long way since it burst into the public imagination in the last decade. Here’s a glimpse of the top trends in gene editing for 2020 and beyond.

Teruo Fujii Elected University Of Tokyo President

Professor Teruo Fujii will begin a six-year term as University of Tokyo president on April 1, 2021.

Mapping The Brain’s Mysteries

Scientists across Asia are harnessing the power of synchrotrons and supercomputers to get a comprehensive understanding of the brain.

Getting A Headstart On HPC

As high performance computing grows in relevance in various industries, Singapore Polytechnic is prepping its students for the future from the comfort of their classrooms.

On The Cusp Of CRISPR

When Yoshizumi Ishino first encountered in 1986 the mysterious sequences that would later come to be known as CRISPR, he was as far away from the present day as he was to the discovery of the double helix. Here is the story of what has happened since then.

CRISPR Takes Center Stage

It’s been nearly a decade since CRISPR captured public imagination. As the technology matures, we’ve rounded up some of CRISPR’s most interesting use cases to emerge in recent years.