Hei Ming Lai – Asian Scientist Magazine

AWARDS

2024 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award

Memories Labelled And Erased With Light

Researchers have developed an optogenetic probe that can both label individual neurons and erase memories in the brains of mice.

Features

Mapping the Laws of Singapore’s Legal Universe

The SMU School of Law has published the most up-to-date picture of Singapore’s fast evolving legal system.

Health

Rising Obesity Risk Among China’s ‘Left Behind Children’

Children left behind in rural China while their parents head to the cities for work face an increased risk of obesity, research suggests.

In the Lab

Why The Crab-Eating Frog Can Tolerate Salty Environments

A comparitve transcriptomics study has revealed the rapid evolution of kidney-related genes that make the crab-eating frog the only frog able to live in salty water.

HKU Mathematician Mok Ngai-ming Elected To CAS

Professor Mok Ngai-ming has been elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in recognition of his contributions to mathematics in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

In the Lab

New Genetic Paradigm Might Pave The Way For Better Drug Targets

When faced with a lack of certain ‘essential’ genes, yeast cells can cope by simply doubling up their chromosomes.

In the Lab

ALMA Spots Monstrous Baby Galaxies Cradled In Dark Matter

By detecting submillimeter wavelength radiowaves, astronomners have identified three monstrous galaxies in a web of dark matter.

Academia

UK And Chinese Scientists Join Forces To Combat Air Pollution

£5.5 million has been set aside for five four-year projects to study air pollution in Chinese megacities.

Columns

The Red Meat And Smoking Equivalency

Is eating processed meat really as dangerous as smoking? Our columnist, Annabel Tan, takes a closer look at the statement issued by WHO.

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