Highlights

Hunting vulnerable targets on Dengue

Hunting vulnerable targets on Dengue

February 10, 2017

10 Feb 2017. NUS biological scientists have discovered hidden targets on the Dengue virus during transmission into human hosts. The Dengue virus…

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Cheap works better than Noble!

Cheap works better than Noble!

February 06, 2017

6 Feb 2017. NUS chemists have developed new iron-catalysed reactions for producing molecules used in pharmaceutical drug production. Vinylboronate esters are synthetically…

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Inference for dynamical systems

Inference for dynamical systems

February 01, 2017

1 Feb 2017. NUS statisticians have gained insights which allow for better prediction of physical phenomena.Dynamical systems are mathematical objects used…

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Cooperativity in catalysis

Cooperativity in catalysis

January 25, 2017

25 Jan 2017. NUS chemists have discovered an operationally simple process to synthesise Z-enediyne, a potent class of anticancer warhead. Z-enediyne,…

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Fast algorithms for quantifying uncertainty

Fast algorithms for quantifying uncertainty

January 19, 2017

19 Jan 2017. NUS statisticians have developed a method to estimate unknown parameters efficiently for modelling complex situations. Statistical models which…

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Illuminating pulses of living cells

Illuminating pulses of living cells

January 16, 2017

16 Jan 2017. NUS biological scientists have unravelled principles underlying pulsatile cell dynamics, a key step towards understanding biological networks. Cortical…

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Complex data analytics using functional and adaptive approach

Complex data analytics using functional and adaptive approach

January 11, 2017

11 Jan 2017. NUS statisticians have developed adaptive functional time series models that improve the forecast accuracy of complex data…

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Synthetic peptides as promising tuberculosis therapeutics

Synthetic peptides as promising tuberculosis therapeutics

January 06, 2017

6 Jan 2017. NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed new antimicrobial peptides that are effective against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (TB) now ranks…

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Uncovering secrets behind FTO specificity

Uncovering secrets behind FTO specificity

January 03, 2017

3 Jan 2017. NUS scientists have discovered how FTO (or fat mass and obesity-associated protein), a protein strongly associated with…

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Water purification by green photo-catalysts

Water purification by green photo-catalysts

December 22, 2016

22 Dec 2016. NUS chemists have developed photo-catalysts with enhanced catalytic properties for wastewater treatment. With increasing water pollutants and…

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Fluorescent concentric triangles

Fluorescent concentric triangles

December 19, 2016

19 Dec 2016. NUS physicists have discovered fluorescent concentric triangles in an atomically thin layer of semiconductor for potential optoelectronic applications….

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Diabetes distress screening tool for Chinese-speaking patients in Singapore

Diabetes distress screening tool for Chinese-speaking patients in Singapore

December 13, 2016

13 Dec 2016. NUS clinician scientists have demonstrated the value of a screening tool to detect diabetes distress among the local patient…

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