Highlights

On-surface synthesis of graphene molecules and their superlattices

On-surface synthesis of graphene molecules and their superlattices

February 26, 2021

NUS scientists have devised a new method for the synthesis of nanographene molecules with a high product yield for the…

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Persistent luminescent nanocrystals enable high-resolution X-ray imaging

Persistent luminescent nanocrystals enable high-resolution X-ray imaging

February 25, 2021

NUS researchers have developed a technology for high-resolution X-ray imaging of irregularly-shaped objects using lanthanide-doped nanomaterials with ultralong persistent luminescence….

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Diagnosing intake of two new psychoactive substances

Diagnosing intake of two new psychoactive substances

February 05, 2021

NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed a systematic approach to understand how the human body manages two new psychoactive substances (NPS)…

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A new drug target for liver cancer

A new drug target for liver cancer

February 04, 2021

NUS researchers have discovered that the MOAP-1 protein plays a role in reducing liver cancer risk by suppressing the hyper-active…

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Kaleidoscope of an urban farm microbiome: Sustainable crop production

Kaleidoscope of an urban farm microbiome: Sustainable crop production

February 02, 2021

NUS researchers have reconstructed nearly a thousand microbial genomes from green leafy vegetables commonly consumed in Singapore to improve the…

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Visualising atomic structure and magnetism of 2D magnetic insulators

Visualising atomic structure and magnetism of 2D magnetic insulators

February 01, 2021

NUS scientists have demonstrated a general approach for characterising the atomic structure, and electronic and magnetic properties of two-dimensional (2D)…

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Philippine forest trees threatened by deforestation and climate change

Philippine forest trees threatened by deforestation and climate change

January 27, 2021

NUS ecologists develop models that identify major threats to a dominant tree family in the Philippines. Already reduced by deforestation,…

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Phase diagram for infinite layer nickel superconductors

Phase diagram for infinite layer nickel superconductors

January 18, 2021

NUS physicists have developed a method to induce the transition of a rare-earth nickelate from their native perovskite form to…

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Expression, diffusion and molecular interactions determine Wnt3 distribution

Expression, diffusion and molecular interactions determine Wnt3 distribution

December 11, 2020

An interdisciplinary team of physicists and biologists from NUS has characterised the mechanism by which Wnt3, a key regulator in…

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A new lesson about phase transitions and criticality

A new lesson about phase transitions and criticality

December 01, 2020

NUS physicists have discovered a theoretical behaviour known as the “Critical Skin Effect” influencing how changes between different phases of…

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Lanthanide nanocrystals brighten molecular triplet excitons

Lanthanide nanocrystals brighten molecular triplet excitons

November 26, 2020

NUS scientists have developed an approach to improve the generation and luminescent harvesting of molecular triplets by coupling them with…

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Printable two-dimensional superconducting monolayers

Printable two-dimensional superconducting monolayers

November 16, 2020

NUS scientists have developed a scalable electrochemical exfoliation method to synthesise two-dimensional (2D) superconducting material for use in printing technologies….

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