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Bad taste in the mouth?

15
September
2021
| 14:27 Asia/Singapore
The Straits Times, 15 September 2021, Life, pC1 & pC2
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Time to rethink use of English-only medicine labels

15
September
2021
| 12:28 Asia/Singapore
By Dr Rahul Malhotra, Head of Research at the Centre for Ageing Research and Education (CARE) and Asst Prof at the Health Services and Systems Research Programme at Duke-NUS Medical School, Ms Tan Yi Wen, Senior Research Assistant and Ms Sumithra …
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Asean’s DEFA: An engine for pandemic recovery

15
September
2021
| 11:55 Asia/Singapore
By Mr Xie Taojun, Senior Research Fellow, Mr Kevin Chen, Research Assistant and Mr Quah Say Jye, Research Assistant, all from the Asia Competitiveness Institute at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUSThe Business Times, 15 September 2021, …
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Xi Jinping’s ‘common prosperity’ looks more like populism rather than socialism

14
September
2021
| 16:56 Asia/Singapore
By Prof Bert Hofman, Director of the East Asian Institute at NUSCNA Online, 10 September 2021
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From coding for fun to cyber expert at Mindef

14
September
2021
| 11:22 Asia/Singapore
The Straits Times, 14 September 2021, Tech, pB6
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Time to consider a wealth tax for S’pore

14
September
2021
| 09:11 Asia/Singapore
By Yong Pung How Professor Ramkishen S Rajan and Bhavya Gupta, PhD candidate, both from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUSThe Straits Times, 14 September 2021, Opinion, pA15
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Book on history of Kampong Gelam clinches NUS Singapore History Prize

09
September
2021
| 16:23 Asia/Singapore
Entrepreneur and award-winning author Ms Hidayah Amin, whose work, Leluhur: Singapore’s Kampong Gelam (Helang Books, 2019), illuminates the history of one of the oldest continuously inhabited areas of Singapore, has been awarded the 2021 NUS …
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Newly developed software unveils relationships between RNA modifications and cancers

09
September
2021
| 09:40 Asia/Singapore
In a research breakthrough, a team of researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore has developed a software that can help reveal the relationships between RNA modifications and …
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NUS to establish Sustainable and Green Finance Institute to drive green finance education and research

08
September
2021
| 10:29 Asia/Singapore
The National University of Singapore (NUS) will be establishing a new research institute that will develop deep research and capabilities in the area of green finance and sustainability with an eye on Asia. The Sustainable and Green Finance …
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NUS researchers develop AI-powered tool to map sustainable roofs globally

07
September
2021
| 11:31 Asia/Singapore
As cities around the world continue to urbanise, there is a greater need to expand and optimise existing spaces. Cities have accelerated looking into how underutilised rooftop spaces might contribute to climate action, food production, and other …
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NUS study estimates low long-run discount rates using Singapore condominium transactions

06
September
2021
| 13:18 Asia/Singapore
Climate change mitigation and other long-term infrastructure projects such as housing and public transportation networks are costly investments but they provide benefits to society for decades or even centuries in the future. By being able to …
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The history of insects living on the open ocean tracked with the history of the currents they ride

06
September
2021
| 08:30 Asia/Singapore
The open oceans are harsh and hostile environments where insects might not be expected to thrive. In fact, only one insect group, ocean skaters, or water striders, has adapted to life on the open seas.How these insects evolved to conquer the high …
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