Articles tagged with 'Insights' | National University of Singapore

During this year’s National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong introduced the Majulah Package to support Singaporeans born in 1973 or earlier in their retirement and healthcare savings. The package will especially benefit lower- and mid...

Countries have become wary of welcoming foreign investors on account of national security concerns and economic implications. Investment screening is emerging as a vital policy tool that many countries have adopted to safeguard their interests.Associ...

With Singapore’s rapidly ageing population, more are assuming the role of caregiver to older people. To ensure sufficient support for caregivers to prevent burnout, Dr Arthur Chia, a senior research fellow from the Duke-NUS Medical School’s Centre fo...

Through strategic leadership and governance, Singapore has achieved remarkable success in its healthcare system and overall health outcomes. Professor Teo Yik Ying, Dean of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Dr Margret Chan, Emeritus D...

| By Associate Professor Alberto Salvo |In popular outdoor sports competitions, players, fans, and advertisers have to contend with an ambient environment of varying quality that is hard to predict weeks or even days in advance. The environment may d...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, an enclosed, air-conditioned environment was a hotbed for disease transmission. Some building developers installed air filters and germicidal irradiation systems to rid the air of any airborne pathogens. While achieving ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have come a long way since their invention in the early 1950s. Today, AI is used in many industries, from medicine to finance. However, amid its growing number of applications and extraordinary advancements a...

A car-lite future is one that Singapore hopes to achieve as part of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. However, discussions on the recent hike in COE premiums has shown that this vision may have been forgotten. Many are...

No vaccine or medication in the world comes without side effects. However, the two unfortunate COVID-19 vaccine-associated deaths in Singapore presents a challenge for the scientific and medical research community to make better and safer vaccines fo...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an endemic infectious disease in Singapore that affects up to 30 per cent of older age groups. Despite the treatments being readily available and subsidised by the Ministry of Health, non-adherence to the full course of treatment...

The negative impact of plastic waste on the environment has been well-established, and many countries have taken steps to charge or even stop the distribution of disposable plastic grocery bags, which make up a bulk of plastic waste. Singapore plans ...

The recent COVID-19 pandemic is a perfect example of how unpredictable and complex pandemics can be. As Singapore began easing COVID-19 measures at the start of 2023, it now comes a time of reflection on the lessons learned from this arduous experien...

Charles Darwin is one of the most iconic men of science of all time. For 150 years, his image as a bearded sage has been familiar to the public. Collectors today pay tens of thousands of dollars for a photograph signed by Darwin, or an original print...

| By Professor Koh Lian Pin and Audrey Tan |If all the world’s a stage in a show on the plight of our planet, then the show-stoppers must be the extreme weather events pummelling the globe. The supercharged typhoons, severe heat waves and destructive...

| By Professor Julian Savulescu | In 1983, Stanislav Petrov “saved the world”.At the height of the Cold War, Lieutenant-Colonel Petrov was the duty officer at a Russian nuclear missile facility when the early warning system flashed red with a heart-s...

| By Associate Professor Simon Poh | We are continuously living in a “VUCA” world that is fraught with volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. The events that unfolded in the last three years, including the COVID-19 outbreak, the Ukraine w...

| By Associate Professor Benjamin Tee|The engines of innovation in vaccine manufacturing, healthcare diagnostics and pharmaceuticals have propelled economies out of the COVID-19 healthcare crisis.Nearly simultaneously, digital technologies swiftly fi...

| By Associate Professor Jeremy Lim, Dr Bryan Chow and Dr Anne Goei |Last year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a speech on global geopolitics popularised the German word 'zeitenwende', which refers to a 'turning point' and time for change.The COVID...

Dolphins are capable of many different forms of vocalisations. “It’s like listening to a foreign language,” said Dr Matthias Hoffmann-Kuhnt, a senior research fellow from the Acoustic Research Laboratory at the NUS Tropical Marine Science Institute.D...

| By Professor Prakash Kumar |More than 60 per cent of the world population will live in urban areas by 2050 and many of the large cities are in Asia. Rapid urbanisation is an inevitable part of societal evolution and this is accompanied by an unprec...

Oceanic and coastal ecosystems, such as seagrass meadows and mangroves, are rich stores of carbon, but more research is needed before these habitats can start to supply carbon credits to global carbon markets. Current gaps in knowledge include unders...

A global deal to protect nature and the benefits it provides to people will be negotiated during the United Nations COP15 biodiversity conference that begins today (Dec 7) in Montreal, with a key target of the new biodiversity framework calling for a...

Nature conservation is key in the global effort to tackle climate change, given the ability of many natural habitats to draw down the amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and reduce the impacts of climate change on communities. ...

Today is Evolution day – a day commemorating the publication of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species on 24 November 1859. Darwin’s seminal work is now considered the most influential book of science in history and has inspired countless new disciplines...

Three days after Singapore announced ambitious plans to hit net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a panel of experts discussed key climate change issues ahead of the United Nations 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27).Singapore’s updated clima...

The mask mandate was imposed in Singapore since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It was not until late August 2022 when mask-wearing is no longer required in most indoor settings. Despite the easing of the mask mandate, many are still...

The medicinal and recreational consumption of cannabis is increasingly becoming legalised in many countries across the world. Against this shift is the growing issue of “synthetic cannabis”, which is known to sneak past law enforcement and go undetec...

The release of the Healthier SG white paper on 21 September 2022 is one of Singapore’s biggest healthcare reforms since 1993. Key features of the Healthier SG strategy outline how the Singapore government plans to shift the focus of the health system...

In recent years, Singapore has ranked high in global talent competitiveness with many conducive factors that provide opportunities for global talents to continue contributing their skills to the local workforce. Despite having a competitive edge, the...

Back-to-back Incidents involving structural faults in shopping malls are a cause for concern, especially for the safety of patrons and workers. Associate Professor Daniel Wong Hwee Boon and Associate Professor Gabriel Kor Meng Chiat from the Departme...