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Incan String Theory: If Knots Could Talk

We still don't know how to de-code khipu, string-based information storage systems developed by the Inca, but they remain fascinating nonetheless.

Features

Helping Businesses Embrace Transformational Technology

Research from the SMU School of Information Systems is helping institutions understand both the benefits and risks of real-time business transactions.

In the Lab

TCM And IT Brought Together In New Book

Topics in the new reference tool include how to fingerprint herbs, isolate and identify herb potency, and connect massive clinical datasets using IT.

Technology

Ovum Forecasts Asia-Pacific Region To Lead Global IT Spending

Ovum has predicted global IT spending to increase to US$40.8 billion by 2017, with the highest growth in the Asia-Pacific region.

EDITOR’S PICK

10 Years Of Celebrating Asia’s Researchers

Every year, Asian Scientist Magazine publishes Asian Scientist 100, a carefully curated list of the best and brightest researchers and leaders in SETM in Asia. This year we complete a decade of doing so.
Learning From Environmental Defenders

Drawing on traditional knowledge systems, environmental researchers and policymakers in Asia are working with indigenous communities to design better strategies for environmental conservation.
The Equalizers

Across Asia, people with disabilities are breaking physical and social barriers to STEM fields, opening the way for others.

Incan String Theory: If Knots Could Talk

Helping Businesses Embrace Transformational Technology

TCM And IT Brought Together In New Book

Ovum Forecasts Asia-Pacific Region To Lead Global IT Spending

EDITOR’S PICK

10 Years Of Celebrating Asia’s Researchers

Learning From Environmental Defenders

The Equalizers