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What Finding Dory Teaches Us About Memory Loss

More than a children’s animated movie, Finding Dory is a surprisingly accurate portrayal of someone with anterograde amnesia, or the inability to form new memories.

In the Lab

Lost Memories Retrieved

A study in mice has shown that memories are inaccessible but not completely lost in retrograde amnesia, suggesting that memory retrieval might one day be possible.

EDITOR’S PICK

Nutrition Gets Personal

As more people in Asia use tech to closely regulate what they eat, personalized nutrition is becoming a new normal in the region.
Flag-Bearers Of Innovation

Over the past decade, the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore and collaborators have led the charge in developing supercomputing-powered innovations to support Singapore’s research and development ecosystem.
Golden Connections

Today’s connectivity technologies are helping older people in Asia stay socially active and take charge of their own wellbeing.

What Finding Dory Teaches Us About Memory Loss

Lost Memories Retrieved

EDITOR’S PICK

Nutrition Gets Personal

Flag-Bearers Of Innovation

Golden Connections