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Asia’s Big Biomedical Bet Pays Off

From performing outsourced research and manufacturing generics, Asia's biomedical researchers are now among the world's most innovative.

Features

Seeing Flow Cytometry In A Whole New Light

Combining flexibility, ease of use and sensitivity in one affordable platform, Cytek’s Biosciences Inc.’s Northern Lights flow cytometer promises to bring cell analysis within the reach of many.

Features

Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Marcelo Ang

One of Singapore’s robotics pioneers, Professor Marcelo Ang Jr’s research promises to take driverless cars and personal robotic assistants outside the realm of imagination and into the mainstream.

Print

Ctrl-Alt-Meat

Alternative meat, otherwise known as ‘alt-meat,’ is having quite a moment in Asia, with strong venture capital interest and increasing public awareness and acceptance.

Print

Tech Doing Good

From cleaning up mountains of untreated sludge to making railway stations fully solar-powered, technology is an ally to those hoping to solve Asia’s environmental problems.

Features

Asia’s Rising Scientists: Liu Zheng

Associate Professor Liu Zheng is pushing the boundaries of atomically thin materials, a boon for the fields of electronics, energy generation and catalysis.

Technology

i-Tiles For Teaching Special Needs Students

Scientists in Singapore have developed an interactive education system to help students with special needs learn better.

Technology

Sticky Situations A Boon For Polymer Science

Researchers in Japan have found a way to make industrial polymers sticky without the use of glue or other binding substances.

In the Lab

Genetic Landscape Of ‘Cantonese Cancer’ Mapped

A study of over 100 nasopharyngeal cancer patients has uncovered the genetic basis of the disease and identified possible drug targets.

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