Highlights
Filling in the “GAP” in cell (mis)communications
December 20, 201720 Dec 2017. NUS biologists have identified a crucial protein that commands a key communications hub which determines cell growth….
Read MoreWhy corals do not always pass on symbionts to their offspring
December 14, 201714 Dec 2017. NUS ecologist has discovered why, paradoxically, corals do not always receive symbiotic algae from their parents even…
Read MoreNew radiobiology beamline at CIBA
December 11, 201711 Dec 2017. NUS physicists in collaboration with clinicians from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) are developing a new beamline to…
Read MoreUnlocking the power of web text data
December 06, 20176 Dec 2017. NUS statisticians have developed the Regularised Text Logistic (RTL) regression model to extract informative word features from digital…
Read MoreCell-derived drug delivery systems
November 30, 201730 Nov 2017. NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed a cost-effective method to produce cell-derived nanovesicles (CDNs) for bio-inspired drug delivery…
Read MoreSoy alcoholic beverage: The next in-thing
November 27, 201727 Nov 2017. NUS food scientists have produced an alcoholic beverage from tofu whey, a waste product from the food…
Read MoreArtificial photosynthesis to produce ethylene
November 24, 201724 Nov 2017. NUS chemists have developed a prototype device to produce ethylene from carbon dioxide and water using natural sunlight. The use…
Read MoreMetal hydrides with improved stability in water
November 20, 201720 Nov 2017. NUS chemists have discovered new reaction pathways using “acidic” metal hydrides to access industrially important chemical complexes….
Read MoreFluorescent probes to study cellular activity
November 07, 20177 Nov 2017. NUS chemists have recently developed selective probes for cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) to determine enzyme levels and activity….
Read MoreMore than meets the eye
November 03, 20173 Nov 2017. NUS physicists have discovered that gold nanoparticles can enhance light emissions from tungsten disulphide (WS2) flakes and reveal…
Read MoreOkara: Biotransformed and back in action
October 26, 201726 Oct 2017. NUS food scientists have given okara, a soybean byproduct, a nutritional and flavour makeover using various enzymes…
Read MoreGreen functionalisation of carbon-hydrogen bonds
October 20, 201720 Oct 2017. NUS chemists have developed a light enhanced, nickel catalysed method for carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bond functionalisation in organic…
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