Hei Ming Lai – Asian Scientist Magazine

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2024 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award

Soft Robot Explores The Deepest Of The Deep

In a landmark achievement in soft robotics, scientists have developed a silicone robot that can navigate the bone-crushing pressures of the Mariana Trench.

In the Lab

Newly Discovered Firefly Lights Up Singapore

As the first of its kind to be described in over a century, a uniquely Singaporean firefly is shedding a new light on biodiversity in the city-state.

In the Lab

How Climate Change Is Destroying Indonesia’s Ancient Rock Art

Extreme weather events caused by climate change are creating the ideal conditions for the degradation of some of the world's oldest rock art.

Academia

Asian Scientists Among Winners Of 2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards

Two researchers from Sri Lanka and Mongolia were awarded the 2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World.

Academia

LED Pioneers Win 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

For making low-cost, efficient lighting possible, LED pioneers and Nobel laureates Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura were awarded the world's most prestigious engineering prize.

Print

In It For The Long Haul

The phenomenon of long COVID shows that recovering from acute disease isn’t the end. What comes next matters too.

Print

The Vaccine Vanguard

Vaccines are our best shot at finally overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a review on how vaccines work and where Asia’s leading vaccine candidates stand.

Print

How Vietnam Beat COVID

The small, densely-packed, developing country of Vietnam is proving to poor and rich countries alike that it doesn’t take a revolutionary approach to contain a pandemic-causing virus.

Print

Of Virtual Competitions And Real Relationships

Although the Student Cluster Competition went fully virtual in 2020, what remained unchanged was the importance of teamwork and community.

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