Highlights

Incorporating ferromagnetism and superconductivity together in a single layer of molecular superlattice

Incorporating ferromagnetism and superconductivity together in a single layer of molecular superlattice

July 30, 2020

NUS scientists have demonstrated an interlayer-space confined chemical design (ICCD) method for the synthesis of single-atom doped tantalum disulfide (TaS2) …

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Modulating bone cell recruitment to prevent osteoporosis

Modulating bone cell recruitment to prevent osteoporosis

July 28, 2020

NUS biologists have identified a pathway to reduce bone resorption and maintain bone health for potentially better treatment outcomes. Osteoporosis…

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Spatio-temporal dynamics of DNA replication

Spatio-temporal dynamics of DNA replication

July 22, 2020

NUS biophysical chemists have discovered a pattern that governs the propagation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication in space and time…

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Stabilisation of charge density wave phase by interfacial interactions

Stabilisation of charge density wave phase by interfacial interactions

July 17, 2020

NUS researchers have demonstrated that the charge density wave (CDW) phase in H-phase tantalum disulfide (TaS2) bilayers can be stabilised …

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Exchange bias in van der Waals heterostructures

Exchange bias in van der Waals heterostructures

July 14, 2020

NUS scientists have discovered the exchange bias phenomenon in van der Waals CrCl3/Fe3GeTe2 heterostructures. The exchange bias phenomenon has a …

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Optimising Drug Therapy of Prostate Cancer

Optimising Drug Therapy of Prostate Cancer

July 06, 2020

NUS pharmaceutical scientists identified novel binding kinetics of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone to its pharmacological target. This allows optimisation…

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The Malay Peninsula is a dispersal barrier to certain mangrove species

The Malay Peninsula is a dispersal barrier to certain mangrove species

June 26, 2020

NUS ecologists showed that mangrove tree species with seeds/seedlings that float and survive shorter periods at sea have limited ability…

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Two-in-one super molecule for high-density computing

Two-in-one super molecule for high-density computing

June 12, 2020

NUS chemists have developed a new type of molecular computing device that acts both as a switch and storage element…

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Sustainable iron catalysis enables controllable alkene borylation

Sustainable iron catalysis enables controllable alkene borylation

June 09, 2020

NUS chemists have unlocked a way to achieve site-selective borylation of alkenes using earth-abundant iron-based catalysts to facilitate synthesis of…

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Observing topological edge states using moiré patterns

Observing topological edge states using moiré patterns

June 04, 2020

NUS physicists have found a new way to create and tune the topological edge states in two-dimensional (2D) topological insulators…

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A new library of atomically thin two-dimensional materials

A new library of atomically thin two-dimensional materials

May 18, 2020

NUS researchers have created a whole new library of atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials, christened “ic-2D”, to denote a class…

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Imaging structural changes in catalysts during reaction conditions

Imaging structural changes in catalysts during reaction conditions

May 15, 2020

Scientists from National University of Singapore (NUS) imaged the structural changes in noble metal catalysts during carbon monoxide (CO) oxidation,…

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