Highlights
Hunting vulnerable targets on Dengue
February 10, 201710 Feb 2017. NUS biological scientists have discovered hidden targets on the Dengue virus during transmission into human hosts. The Dengue virus…
Read MoreCheap works better than Noble!
February 06, 20176 Feb 2017. NUS chemists have developed new iron-catalysed reactions for producing molecules used in pharmaceutical drug production. Vinylboronate esters are synthetically…
Read MoreInference for dynamical systems
February 01, 20171 Feb 2017. NUS statisticians have gained insights which allow for better prediction of physical phenomena.Dynamical systems are mathematical objects used…
Read MoreCooperativity in catalysis
January 25, 201725 Jan 2017. NUS chemists have discovered an operationally simple process to synthesise Z-enediyne, a potent class of anticancer warhead. Z-enediyne,…
Read MoreFast algorithms for quantifying uncertainty
January 19, 201719 Jan 2017. NUS statisticians have developed a method to estimate unknown parameters efficiently for modelling complex situations. Statistical models which…
Read MoreIlluminating pulses of living cells
January 16, 201716 Jan 2017. NUS biological scientists have unravelled principles underlying pulsatile cell dynamics, a key step towards understanding biological networks. Cortical…
Read MoreComplex data analytics using functional and adaptive approach
January 11, 201711 Jan 2017. NUS statisticians have developed adaptive functional time series models that improve the forecast accuracy of complex data…
Read MoreSynthetic peptides as promising tuberculosis therapeutics
January 06, 20176 Jan 2017. NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed new antimicrobial peptides that are effective against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (TB) now ranks…
Read MoreUncovering secrets behind FTO specificity
January 03, 20173 Jan 2017. NUS scientists have discovered how FTO (or fat mass and obesity-associated protein), a protein strongly associated with…
Read MoreWater purification by green photo-catalysts
December 22, 201622 Dec 2016. NUS chemists have developed photo-catalysts with enhanced catalytic properties for wastewater treatment. With increasing water pollutants and…
Read MoreFluorescent concentric triangles
December 19, 201619 Dec 2016. NUS physicists have discovered fluorescent concentric triangles in an atomically thin layer of semiconductor for potential optoelectronic applications….
Read MoreDiabetes distress screening tool for Chinese-speaking patients in Singapore
December 13, 201613 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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