Articles tagged with 'Impact' | National University of Singapore

Scientists from NUS and the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) have uncovered one of nature’s most potent tool in an arsenal to combat today’s agricultural challenges: agro-microbials – or agro-chemicals of natural ...

The United Nations organises a climate change conference every year, the Conference of Parties (COP), to provide an opportunity for countries to review the ongoing progress following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change signed by 196 parties in 2015...

Being a small country, Singapore is dependent on effective international cooperation for the success of its decarbonisation measures. Collaboration with other countries, such as on carbon markets, clean energy technologies, regional power grids, clea...

From extreme heat in Europe to floods in West Africa, the wildfires in Canada and record rain in China, the devastating impacts of climate change are reverberating through the world today.Ahead of the COP28 United Nations (UN) climate change conferen...

The Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT) – the first of its kind for the tropical environment – hosted by the National University of Singapore’s College of Design and Engineering (NUS CDE) is up and running, marking a significant mileston...

On the 164th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s magnum opus, all known surviving pages of the rough draft of Origin of species have been published online.Three recently rediscovered pages from Darwin’s draft of Origin of Species have been published for ...

Engaging with industry partners is integral to bringing research innovations in sustainable energy from the lab bench to real-world solutions for Singapore to achieve its decarbonisation goals. To support Singapore in achieving these goals, NUS is of...

Climate change is not just an environmental crisis. It affects society at all levels, and has a direct effect on the health of populations. Extreme weather and climate events – from extreme heat and drought, to rising sea levels and air pollution – h...

NUS strengthened its partnership with leading French institutions in the areas of scientific research and education through the signing of four agreements at the third meeting of the France-Singapore Joint Committee on Science and Innovation (JCSI), ...

Singapore’s ambitious goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 is contingent on technological advances, such as the availability of low-carbon technologies, for instance, hydrogen as an alternative energy source as well as carbon capture, utilisa...

Diabetic patients, whose natural wound-healing capabilities are compromised, often develop chronic wounds that are slow to heal. Such non-healing wounds could cause serious infections resulting in painful outcomes such as limb amputation. To address ...

Adult insects, including butterflies and moths, typically have only three pairs of legs. But the existence of extra legs in caterpillars – chubby abdominal appendeages also known as ‘prolegs’ – has long posed an evolutionary mystery to biologists. A ...

A team of NUS researchers led by Associate Professor Lu Jiong from the Department of Chemistry under the NUS Faculty of Science, together with their international collaborators, have developed a new class of catalysts - known as heterogeneous geminal...

About 80 per cent of chronic diseases – such as diabetes and hypertension - are driven by lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise. An innovative tool called the EMPOWER app, jointly developed by NUS School of Computing and SingHealth, is showing ...

Information and communication technology has evolved rapidly over the past 20 years, particularly with the emergence and entrenchment of social media in society. Indeed, social media platforms offer fast and easy access to information and the freedom...

Soy milk and tofu are common in Asian diets. However, the production of these soy-based products results in a solid by-product known as okara. About 4 million tonnes of okara are produced each year in China, Japan, and Korea alone. Commonly used as l...

Imagine a stretchable and durable sensor patch for monitoring the rehabilitation of patients with elbow or knee injuries, or an unbreakable and reliable wearable device that measures a runner’s cardiac activities during training to prevent life-threa...

The ability of cancer cells to metastasise, or spread from one part of the body to another, is one of the reasons why cancer can be extremely challenging to treat. However, the process that drives metastasis is complex and not fully understood. In a ...

The Centre for Ion Beam Applications (CIBA), a multidisciplinary research centre at the National University of Singapore (NUS), has recently been designated as an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Collaborating Centre for Research and Develop...

Spent coffee grounds (SCG) makes up the largest portion of waste generated from preparing coffee beverages and making instant coffee, producing close to 6 million tonnes of waste worldwide each year. To manage this vast amount of waste, scientists ar...

Six outstanding individuals were honoured at the University Awards 2023 held on 8 September 2023. The annual event recognises members of the NUS community who have dedicated themselves to excellence in the areas of education, research and service to ...

Heartiest congratulations to seven NUS academics: Professor William Hwang Ying Khee, Professor Tan Huay Cheem, Associate Professor Mahesh Choolani, Adjunct Associate Professor Brenda Ang Sze Peng, Professor Julian Thumboo, Associate Professor Nigel T...

People in Asia are known to report worse sleep than their counterparts in Europe and North America. New research, using objective measures of sleep rather than subjective reports, has shown that not only do people in Asia go to sleep later and have s...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel aero-elastic pressure sensor, called ‘eAir’. This technology can be applied to minimally-invasive surgeries and implantable sensors by directly addressing the challenges...

A team led by scientists from the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Department of Biological Sciences in collaboration with the French Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) has successfully synthesised a special protein-mimic that can self-ass...

A multi-sensory extended reality system developed by NUS CUTE Center from the Smart Systems Institute, together with HTX (the Home Team Science and Technology Agency) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), will boost training for civil defence...

In a world first, a ‘biological camera’ bypasses the constraints of current DNA storage methods, harnessing living cells and their inherent biological mechanisms to encode and store data. This represents a significant breakthrough in encoding and sto...

Smart textiles offer many potential wearable technology applications, from therapeutics to sensing to communication. For such intelligent textiles to function effectively, they need to be strong, stretchable, and electrically conductive. However, fab...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common childhood disorders that often continues into adulthood. While ADHD is a treatable disorder, it is underdiagnosed in adults. Conventional methods to diagnose ADHD also make it ...

Timely and effective monitoring of wound healing status is critical to wound care and management. Impaired wound healing, such as chronic wounds (i.e. those that do not heal after 3 months) and post-burn pathological scars, could result in life-threa...