Highlights
Modelling rare events in complex systems
August 23, 201723 Aug 2017. NUS mathematicians have developed efficient methods to study complex energy landscapes and thermally activated events. Many problems…
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Bioelectricity from eels
August 17, 201717 Aug 2017. NUS biologists have gained insights on factors affecting electric discharge intensity from the electric eel, Electrophorus electricus. Electric…
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Paying for “extras” in freemium products and services
August 14, 201714 Aug 2017. NUS statisticians have developed a better methodology to study user behaviour for freemium products and services. Freemium…
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Non-sex hormones in sexing liver cancers
August 07, 20177 Aug 2017. NUS biologists have discovered that two hormone factors, cortisol and serotonin, play critical roles in the development of…
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Mutation patterns in DNA sequences
August 03, 20173 Aug 2017. NUS statistician has developed new statistical models that capture specific patterns within the DNA sequence which seem to influence…
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Where to convert forests to tropical agriculture?
July 27, 201727 Jul 2017. NUS researchers have found from a study that converting tropical forests to agricultural land may not make…
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What is the weather tomorrow?
July 26, 201726 Jul 2017. NUS mathematician has revealed ways which can lead to more accurate weather predictions. Weather forecasting is one of…
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Hydrogen production in a confined space
July 20, 201720 Jul 2017. NUS chemists have developed a method to confine noble metal nanoparticles in layered, quasi-two-dimensional (2D) materials for…
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Dynamic switch for FUS proteinopathy
July 18, 201718 Jul 2017. NUS biologists have discovered that dynamics of the FUS protein plays a key role in FUS proteinopathy…
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Specific targeting of protein into cells
July 10, 201712 Jul 2017. NUS biologists report that a bacterial pathogen hijacks a genetic process so that it can transfer its…
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Molecular diodes with rectification ratio exceeding 100k
July 04, 20174 Jul 2017. NUS scientists have constructed a molecular diode with a rectification ratio as good as silicon based ones….
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Flashy wing colours for protection
June 30, 201730 Jun 2017. NUS evolutionary biologists have shown experimentally that red and yellow colours protect painted jezebel butterflies from predation….
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