Yu Min – Asian Scientist Magazine

What Humanoids Can Teach Us About Being Human

Why design a robot version of yourself? Asian Scientist Magazine picks the brain of world-leading robotics scientist, Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, to find out.

Medicine’s New Stethoscope

Detecting cancers with a blood test sounds simple enough, but is it just hype or are liquid biopsies here to stay?

Features

Forging New Paths In Cancer Diagnostics

HistoIndex is partnering with the University of Malaya and Pathomics Health to roll out an integrative diagnostics platform for the holistic analysis of patient tumor biopsies.

Technology

Fiber OLEDs Woven Into Knitted Clothes

A team of researchers in South Korea has fabricated fiber-based organic light-emitting diodes thinner than a human hair.

In the Lab

Are You A Robot? Brain Region Detects Androids From Humans

A study from Japan reveals the brain region responsible for that uneasy feeling over unnatural android movements.

In the Lab

Real Or Fake? Method Confirms Lingzhi Mushrooms In 10 Minutes

Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a quick and simple method to authenticate species of mushrooms used in traditional Chinese medicine.

In the Lab

The Origins Of Gravitational Wave-Inducing Black Holes

Using supercomputer-aided simulations, scientists in Japan have examined how binary black holes responsible for gravitational waves may have originated.

In the Lab

Ocean Acidification Puts Corals At Risk

Scientists in Japan have discovered that ocean acidification inhibits the formation of calcium carbonate skeletons in corals, highlighting yet another detrimental impact of human activity on ocean ecosystems.

In the Lab

Systematically Taming The Complexity Of Cancer

By combining biological experiments with supercomputing simulations, scientists have devised a method to identify optimal drug targets for a range of cancers.

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