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The Philippines Soon To Have Its Own Space Agency

Once established the Philippine Space Agency will take care of all national issues and activities related to space science and technology applications in the country.

In the Lab

Nanoparticles May Cause Blood Vessel Leakiness

Nanoparticles made from specific materials may widen the gap between cells that make up blood vessels, with implications for cancer metastasis.

Features

Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Hiroshi Iwasaki

Professor Hiroshi Iwasaki, who first fell in love with molecular biology in the ‘classical’ era of Watson and Crick, believes that scientists should now embrace the technical revolution to advance the field.

Features

Asia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Han Seung Soo

Han Seung Soo, the UN special envoy for disaster risk reduction and water, seeks to create greater awareness water-related disasters.

Technology

NVIDIA Bolsters Singapore’s AI Ambitions

Singapore gets an AI boost with the launch of the Future Talents Program and AI.Platform@NSCC.

Riding The HPC Wave

Supercomputers are useful in practically every stage of the oil production process. Here are five ways they play a role in the oil and gas industry.

Supercomputers Take To The Sea

The advent of powerful supercomputers represents a sea change for computational fluid dynamics, a field which is helping scientists and engineers demystify the inner workings of the ocean.

Computing In The Cosmos

Supercomputing Asia talks to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Dr. Goh Eng Lim about the company’s supercomputer that is boldly going where no supercomputer has gone before.

Embracing AI In Singapore

Efficient, accessible and flexible supercomputing resources will play a key role in helping Singapore harness AI technology, says AI Singapore’s Professor Leong Tze Yun.

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