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Catalyst-free oxidative coupling of flavones in food grade alkaline water

Catalyst-free oxidative coupling of flavones in food grade alkaline water

November 21, 2022

NUS food scientists developed a method to synthesize bioactive bi- and tri-flavones using molecular oxygen and food-grade alkaline water. Flavonoids…

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Atomic structure of kidney V-ATPase

Atomic structure of kidney V-ATPase

November 07, 2022

NUS scientist has revealed the high-resolution atomic structure of the mammalian kidney vacuolar type ATPase, and discovered a novel binding…

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Chiral drug-like building blocks by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-coupling

Chiral drug-like building blocks by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-coupling

October 28, 2022

NUS chemists have developed an effective method to access enantioenriched drug-like compounds through multicomponent olefin cross-coupling using chiral nickel-based catalysts….

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Force stabilises a bond in bacterial adhesion

Force stabilises a bond in bacterial adhesion

October 25, 2022

NUS biophysicists have discovered how a special bacterial adhesion complex could be counterintuitively stabilised by mechanical stress at the single-molecule…

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Eye colour variation in primates

Eye colour variation in primates

October 15, 2022

NUS researchers propose that the causes of eye colour variation in primates may, in part, be explained by differences in…

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Mechanoluminescence-powered smart mouthguard for healthcare assistance and human–computer interaction

Mechanoluminescence-powered smart mouthguard for healthcare assistance and human–computer interaction

October 11, 2022

NUS researchers have developed an unprecedented, interactive mouthguard using mechanoluminescence-powered optical fibre array for controlling electronic devices. The operation of…

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Decoding how plants survive drought

Decoding how plants survive drought

October 10, 2022

NUS biologists have revealed how plants suppress the formation of stomata, the microscopic pores on their surface, to limit water…

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Gut microbial enzymes involved in colonic metabolism and gut toxicity of triclosan

Gut microbial enzymes involved in colonic metabolism and gut toxicity of triclosan

September 26, 2022

NUS food scientist found that certain gut microbial enzymes can cause the reactivation of triclosan (TCS) from its inactive metabolite….

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Visible light activation enables transformation of bench-stable sulfones to valuable glycosides

Visible light activation enables transformation of bench-stable sulfones to valuable glycosides

September 23, 2022

NUS chemists have developed a new strategy to generate therapeutically relevant C-glycosides and S-glycosides through a catalyst- and transition metal-free…

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Deep learning from a dynamical viewpoint

Deep learning from a dynamical viewpoint

September 14, 2022

NUS mathematicians have developed a new theoretical framework based on dynamical systems to understand when and how a deep neural…

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A blood marker which predicts the risk of osteoporotic hip fractures in older men

A blood marker which predicts the risk of osteoporotic hip fractures in older men

September 12, 2022

NUS scientists have discovered that blood levels of the chemokine protein CXCL9 reliably predict the risk of osteoporotic hip fractures…

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When at risk of female cannibalism, male spiders select the paired sexual organ containing more sperm

When at risk of female cannibalism, male spiders select the paired sexual organ containing more sperm

August 16, 2022

NUS biologists have discovered that male spiders make choices on maximising their mating success when they are at risk of…

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