Yu Min – Asian Scientist Magazine

Exploiting Oxygen For 3D Photolithography

Once limited to 2D, photolithography has now been extended to 3D structures by researchers from KAIST.

Quantum Dots Make Bright, White LEDs

Using silicon quantum dots, scientists have developed a simple way to fabricate white-blue LEDs with high current and optical power densities.

Features

The Yuan Goes Global

SMU Professor Chow Hwee Kwan studies how Asian countries manage their currencies, and the impact of these policies on their economies.

Technology

Leaf-Inspired Power Packs A Punch

In the future, consumer devices could be powered by solid state micro-supercapacitors instead of lithium batteries.

In the Lab

Squeezing Light Into A Point-Like Space

By focusing light into a 3D area a few nanometers wide, scientists have increased light intensity 400,000 times.

The Secrets of Traditional Asian Beauty

We take a look at ancient natural beauty remedies that Asian women have been using for centuries.

Editor’s Note – July 2015 Print Magazine

Clean technology will play an increasingly important role in meeting Asia's growing energy needs. This issue, we delve into the companies and personalities leading the way.

In the Lab

DNAi Demonstrated In Metozoans For The First Time

A DNA-based gene silencing method has been shown to exist in the multicellular organism Oikopleura dioica.

In the Lab

To Be A Sperm Or An Egg?

Female fish without the foxl3 gene produce fully functional sperm instead of eggs in their ovaries.

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