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How do we decide which buildings are worth conserving?

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2020

| 07:20 Europe/Amsterdam

Professor Ho Puay Peng, Head of the Department of Architecture at NUS Design … Read more
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Darwin’s handwritten pages from On the Origin of Species go online

23

November

2020

| 02:25 Europe/Amsterdam

Two original pages from the handwritten draft of Darwin’s On the Origin of … Read more

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World map of bees

| 01:55 Europe/Amsterdam

Bees play the crucial role of pollination in natural habitats and in crops important to humans. …

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New concept for cancer treatment

| 03:16 Europe/Amsterdam

For decades, scientists and doctors have been searching for a cure for cancer. Now, researchers …

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25 NUS researchers rank among the world’s most cited scientists

| 11:20 Europe/Amsterdam

Researchers from NUS have been placed among the world’s most highly cited. This is according to the newly unveiled list of Highly Cited Researchers™ 2020 by Clarivate.The hotly anticipated annual list identifies researchers who demonstrate …

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10 NUS projects awarded grants to research healthy ageing

| 02:37 Europe/Amsterdam

The Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge founded by the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is a worldwide initiative to accelerate innovation that improves physical, mental, and social well-being for people as they age.The Challenge comprises …

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Digitalisation – A frill or necessity for luxury brands?

| 11:33 Europe/Amsterdam

Digitalisation can add value and keep luxury brands ready to pivot to changes in the business landscape The clock is ticking. Luxury brands, many of which have decades and centuries of heritage, are running to catch the digitalisation wagon. …

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Five key factors for easing lockdown restrictions

| 14:53 Europe/Amsterdam

The public health experts examined the strategies of nine countries and regions for easing COVID-19 restrictions to identify key learnings which have implications for lockdown exit strategies worldwide NUS public health experts are urging …

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New research on polyclad flatworms

| 10:28 Europe/Amsterdam

The Bayeri’s flatworm (Nymphozoon bayeri) is one of the biggest flatworms found in Singapore waters, but sightings of it are rare. Its reproductive biology, together with that of 15 other species of polyclad flatworms, were reported in a research …

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Why tarantulas come in vivid blues and greens

| 17:30 Europe/Amsterdam

Researchers from Yale-NUS College and Carnegie Mellon University have discovered that tarantulas are not as colour-blind as previously thought. They also found evidence to support their hypotheses that the blue tones on the bodies of tarantulas may …

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Smart suit wirelessly powered by a smartphone

| 11:46 Europe/Amsterdam

Conductive silver threads are sewn on the suit to create a web-like pattern for a smartphone to power sensors (in orange) for wireless and real-time monitoring of posture, gait and body temperature. This is a novel invention by researchers from the …

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