Highlights

New approach in panel data analysis

New approach in panel data analysis

July 27, 2016

27 Jul 2016. NUS statisticians have developed a model which accounts for hidden factors and their effects for improved accuracy…

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Hibiscus virus discovered in Brazil

Hibiscus virus discovered in Brazil

July 25, 2016

25 Jul 2016. NUS scientists have synthesised the cDNA clone of the Brazilian variant of the hibiscus plant virus. Prof…

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Ecological models of environmental change

Ecological models of environmental change

July 21, 2016

21 Jul 2016. NUS researchers developed a new theory which captures the dramatic fluctuations in species population abundances often observed…

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No more animal gut-processed coffees!

No more animal gut-processed coffees!

July 18, 2016

18 Jul 2016. NUS food scientists developed the world’s first coffee fermented the old-fashioned way, with a food grade fungus Rhizopus…

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Stem cells’ line of defenses

Stem cells’ line of defenses

July 14, 2016

14 Jul 2016. NUS biological scientists have identified the genes responsible for defending stem cells against viral infections. Stem cells…

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Probe for intracellular imaging: Let’s tame it!

Probe for intracellular imaging: Let’s tame it!

July 11, 2016

11 Jul 2016. NUS chemists have developed a model for designing cell-permeable fluorescent probes with little background interference for bioimaging of…

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Energy efficient nanowalker

Energy efficient nanowalker

July 07, 2016

7 Jul 2016. NUS biophysicists have invented an artificial enzymatic nanowalker with record fuel efficiency by mimicking biological counterparts. Replicating…

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Lighting up Brownian ballistic velocity

Lighting up Brownian ballistic velocity

July 05, 2016

5 Jul 2016. NUS scientists have co-developed an optical method for measuring the instantaneous Brownian velocity of colloidal suspensions in…

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Adaptive simulation methods

Adaptive simulation methods

June 30, 2016

30 Jun 2016. NUS scientists demonstrate that adaptive sequential Monte Carlo algorithms used in finance or genetics can provide good predictions…

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Resisting the urge to burn!

Resisting the urge to burn!

June 27, 2016

27 Jun 2016. NUS researchers have developed new halodefluorination reaction with potential for new flame retardant materials. A team led…

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Hybrid drug holds promise for combating drug-resistant malaria

Hybrid drug holds promise for combating drug-resistant malaria

June 23, 2016

23 Jun 2016. NUS scientists have discovered new molecules which have a dual action to combat resistant malaria. Malaria remains a…

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“Butterfly” defects on 2D Materials

“Butterfly” defects on 2D Materials

June 20, 2016

20 Jun 2016. Scientists in NUS discovered novel defect states at grain boundaries (GBs) in a two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor. Atomically…

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