Hei Ming Lai – Asian Scientist Magazine

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2024 Croucher Tak Wah Mak Innovation Award

Drones Used To Herd Birds (VIDEO)

An international team of researchers has developed drones and a herding algorithm to shepherd birds away from airports.

School’s In–With Machines As Students

Learning is something that humans do naturally. Machines, on the other hand, could use some help from Associate Professor Steven Hoi of the SMU School of Information Systems.

Features

Three Invaluable Lessons For Building Healthcare AI

The human body is far more complicated than a game of Go, so healthcare AI solutions need to bring in expert knowledge early on.

In the Lab

Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Hydrocarbon Fuels

Scientists in South Korea have developed photocatalysts that allow carbon dioxide to be converted into usable fuel using just sunlight.

In the Lab

Sunscreen May Harm Baby Fish

Scientists in Hong Kong have found that combinations of UV-protective compounds in sunscreen can negatively impact the development of fish embryos.

In the Lab

Bioengineering A Synthetic Ion Channel

A team of researchers in Singapore has developed an artificial pore-forming ion channel which could be used to tackle cystic fibrosis, bacterial infections and cancer.

In the Lab

A Peptide That Protects Against Liver Cancer

Scientists in Singapore have developed a peptide drug that interferes with a molecular interaction that drives liver cancer progression.

Print

AI For Everyone

Rather than dominate the TOP500 rankings, the ABCI supercomputer was designed to bring computing capacity for AI applications to the masses, says AIST’s Satoshi Sekiguchi.

Print

5 Ways Supercomputers Make Cities Smart

Supercomputers are helping urban planners run simulations, make predictions and build models, bringing the dream of a smart city closer to reality.

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