A team of researchers from NUS developed a hydrogel which, when combined with some chemicals and a thin carbon mesh, can absorb water vapour from the air and break it down into hydrogen and oxygen molecules, lowering the humidity in a room.

An efficient method of plant protein extraction catapulted Associate Professor Huang Dejian from NUS Food Science and Technology onto a start-up journey. Together with entrepreneur Ms Florence Leong, he co-founded KosmodeHealth Singapore which aims to disrupt the food and biomedical industries through its low-cost plant protein extraction method.

An NUS study examining coastal regions of Bangladesh discovered that 7 to 12-year-olds who drank water with excessive levels of salt were nearly 7 percentage points less likely to progress to the next school grade.

NUS Law has launched the Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law. The centre aims to promote inter-disciplinary research into the interactions between technology and the law.

NUS Computing student Victor Yeo and NUS Design and Environment alumna Gulmina Khattak are joining the Schwarzman Scholars Program — a prestigious one-year graduate fellowship at Tsinghua University’s Schwarzman College.

The University recently announced four new senior appointments — for the positions of NUS Senior Vice President (Health Innovation & Translation); NUS Senior Vice President (Health Education & Resources); NUS Senior Vice President (Health Affairs); and Dean of the NUS School of Continuing and Lifelong Education.