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2024 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award

The Plurality Of Paths Post-PhD

Wondering where your PhD will take you? Take it from us, nothing is set in stone.

10 Things You Need To Know About Element 113 And Founder Kosuke Morita

Here are 10 things you should know about element 113, the first element discovered and named by researchers in Asia, and its founder, Kosuke Morita.

In the Lab

Japanese Researchers Synthesize Elusive Atomic Element 113

A Japanese team from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science has announced the synthesis of the elusive atomic element 113.

Element 113, Discovered By Asian Scientist, Made Official On New Year’s Eve

Element 113 is the first element on the periodic table to be discovered by an Asian scientist.

In the Lab

Mazes & Brains: When Preconception Trumps Logic

Using fMRI scans, researchers have identified the pattern of brain activity associated with getting directions wrong.

Features

Wealth And Intelligence, Re-defined

Once set on becoming a medical doctor, Professor Hang Chang Chieh's path was changed by the desire to help Singapore grow through engineering instead.

In the Lab

Force Sensing Material Now In Three Colors

By controling the crystalization process with boron, researchers have developed a material that registers external forces in three different colors.

In the Lab

China’s Smallest Bubble-Like Mushrooms

Three new species of tiny bubble-like mushrooms have been discovered in China.

In the Lab

Splitting Germs To Double Teeth

Cutting a tooth germ in two results in two usable adult teeth, albeit at only half the size.

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