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Keep up to date with developments on COVID-19, as NUS News brings you the latest research in the fight against the virus.
Students from RVRC who took part in Sembcorp Marine’s Green Wave Environmental Care Competition took a range of honours, winning the first prize of $10,000, the second prize of $6,000, the Merit Award of $1,000, the Team Award and two Good Presenter Awards.
Seven members of the NUS community were honoured in the latest Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list, released on 1 April. They were identified for challenging conventional wisdom and rewriting the rules for the next generation.
Assoc Prof Shaffique Adam from NUS Physics and Prof Yang Hyunsoo from NUS Electrical and Computer Engineering discuss the innovative research they plan to undertake with their recently awarded research grants.
Singapore Spacer, a tool developed jointly by a team from NUS, SMU, Aviation Virtual and ESRI, enables administrators to identify places on campus where people concentrations are high, so that policy decisions can be taken to reduce the likelihood of COVID-19 transmission.
New research from CSI Singapore revealed a genetic variant in a gene called MET that is responsible for more aggressive growth of head and neck, and lung cancers in Asian populations.
A new maritime trap-jaw ant species, Odontomachus litoralis, has been recently discovered in Singapore mangroves. Left: Full-face view of O. litoralis worker. Right: Full-face view of O. litoralis male.
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, event technology company Jublia has enhanced its various platforms to make the event experience completely virtual. The firm, founded by three NUS graduates, can thus continue to facilitate meetings and conferences during a historically difficult time for the industry.
Dr Reuben Ng from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for Public Understanding of Risk explains how data analytics can be a powerful tool to sharpen public policy communication while art can be a powerful platform to excite the public about science.
