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View ArticleIt Takes Three To Clap: Helping Renewable Energy Soar In Asia
A high-level panel at the World Economic Forum on East Asia discussed a trifecta of changes in policy, technology and education that are needed to help renewable energy take flight in the region.
View ArticleDo Babies Have An Inbuilt Moral Compass? Scientist To Find Out
A new research program on early childhood learning in Singapore aims to study how children deal with conflicting moral principles such as fairness versus in-group loyalty.
View ArticleA Love Of Waterways
PUB Chairman Mr Tan Gee Paw has helped Singapore turn her freshwater scarcity from a vulnerability into a strength.
View ArticleWealth And Intelligence, Re-defined
Once set on becoming a medical doctor, Professor Hang Chang Chieh's path was changed by the desire to help Singapore grow through engineering instead.
View ArticleAsia’s Scientific Trailblazers: Kosuke Morita
We speak to Dr. Kosuke Morita of RIKEN about his team's jubilation on the discovery of element 113.
View ArticleGYSS@one-north 2016: Scientific Breakthroughs Need Time & Trust
Blue sky research needs two priceless ingredients: time and trust, says Professor Serge Haroche, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics.
View ArticleStay Eternally Optimistic, Says Nobel Laureate Ei-ichi Negishi at...
Believe it or not, before Ei-ichi Negishi became a Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist, he was a farmer.
View ArticleThe Builder
Professor Low Teck Seng has worn many hats: dean of engineering at NUS, founding principal of Republic Polytechnic, managing director of A*STAR, and now, CEO of Singapore’s National Research Foundation.
View ArticleA Laser-Focussed Life
From protecting the navy’s ships to boosting Singapore’s electronic warfare capabilities, Professor Su Guaning has been decorated many times for his pioneering defence research.
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The Future Is What We Make It, Says Professor Chan Heng Chee
From urbanisation to ageing, Singapore ambassador-at-large Professor Chan Heng Chee outlined five megatrends that young scientists will have to contend with as 2030 approaches, during a lunchtime talk...
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Whose Job Is It To Prepare Us For 2037?
A distinguished panel at the 2017 Milken Institute Asia Summit discussed what the future of jobs will look like as automation and machine learning become the norm.
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An AI On The Prize: Zhang Tong of Tencent’s AI Lab
Dr. Zhang Tong, executive director of the Tencent artificial intelligence lab, shares the tech giant’s plans to solve some of the hardest problems in AI today.
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A Romantic Revolution In Technology
We spoke to maverick inventor Jun Rekimoto of the Sony Computer Science Laboratories on the latest technologies in human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence.
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Eight Seriously Cool (And Weird) Technologies From The Rekimoto Lab (VIDEO)
Here are eight futuristic technologies that have been turned into reality by Professor Jun Rekimoto of the University of Tokyo.
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It’s All Monkey Business For Andie
Asian Scientist Magazine had a chat with Dr. Andie Ang, who was recently appointed president of the Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore), on her upcoming projects in primate conservation.
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Ground Control To Major Liu
It's a double first for China as it launches its first woman astronaut into space to assist with the country's first orbital docking. And they are just getting started.
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The WHO Dealmakers: Sending Vaccine Technology To The Third World
Empowering countries to make their own vaccines may sound like a herculean task, but it is all in a day's work for the Technology Transfer Initiative team at the World Health Organization.
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Death By Numbers
New research suggests a far higher swine flu death toll, largely in Southeast Asia and Africa.
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Failure Is Part Of The Job Description: GYSS@one-north
As the Global Young Scientists Summit wraps up on Friday, I hope that the 280 attendees will have renewed confidence that it is OK to fail at something they love doing.
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