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Singapore Needs To Nurture Curiosity, Says President Tan

At the closing ceremony of the Global Young Scientists Summit 2016 last Friday, President Tony Tan emphasized the need to nurture a sense of curiosity in future generations.

Betting Big On The Brain

Professor Nancy Ip blends the latest technologies with the ancient wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine, all in the name of solving challenges such as Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders.

Can You ‘Catch’ Alzheimer’s?

As the list of diseases caused by prions continues to grow, should we be worried that common neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s could be contagious?

Editor’s Note – January 2016 Print Magazine

Asian Scientist is proud to present the Asian Scientist 100, the first ever listing of scientists in Asia who have made an impact in the past year, in the January 2016 print magazine!

Features

Scientific Success Can Happen Anywhere, Says Nobel Laureate Carlo Rubbia At GYSS 2016

Scientific success can happen anywhere and to anyone, says Carlo Rubbia, winner of the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Features

Mathematics Is In Everything, Says Leslie Lamport At GYSS@one-north 2016

Mathematics is in everything around us, says eminent computer scientist and Turing Award winner Leslie Lamport.

In the Lab

Why Some People Need Less Sleep

Using a newly developed method for monitoring mouse sleep cycles, researchers identified a gene which allows mice to survive on less sleep than normal.

Be Inspired By The Best & Brightest In Science

The Global Young Scientists Summit 2016 will gather an elite group of scientific luminaries and technology leaders in Singapore to inspire the next generation.

In the Lab

Introducing The World’s Smallest Nanomagnet

A research group has successfully developed the world's smallest single-digit nanosize hard ferrite magnet for use in magnetic recording media.

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