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Gift of S$1 Million From Singhaiyi Group and Haiyi Holdings to Boost Life Sciences Education and Research at NUS

Generous gift to NUS Faculty of Science will include funding for life sciences research projects conducted by undergraduate students and scholarships for graduate students
5/10/2013 3:00 AM EDT

Team Advocates a Simple, Affordable and Accurate Technology to Identify Threats From Sea-Level Rise

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Potential for method to be used within a network of wetland monitoring programmes in Southeast Asia and globally for assessing shoreline security and stability.
4/25/2013 6:00 AM EDT

Study Reveals Escalating Cost of Forest Conservation

Researchers illustrate how changes to farming could dramatically increase future costs of conservation.
4/16/2013 5:00 AM EDT

NUS Team Develops World’s First Microfluidic Device for Rapid Separation and Detection of Non-Spherical Bioparticles

A bioengineering research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) team led by Associate Professor Zhang Yong has developed a novel microfluidic device for efficient, rapid separation and detection of non-spherical bioparticles.
4/14/2013 10:00 PM EDT

National University of Singapore Ranked Second in First Ever Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings

The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been ranked second in the first ever Asia University Rankings published by the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine. The new rankings, which are based on the same performance indicators and methodology...
4/10/2013 11:00 PM EDT

Mind Over Matter? Study Reveals for the First Time That Core Body Temperature Can Be Controlled by the Brain

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A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Maria Kozhevnikov from the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences showed, for the first time, that it is possible for core body...
4/8/2013 8:00 AM EDT

NUS Is the First in Singapore to Break Into Nature Publishing Index's Prestigious Global Top 100, Being Ranked 76th Among Top Research Institutions in the World

The first institution in Singapore to be in the Global Top 100 at the 76th position, NUS is also placed 9th in the Asia Pacific according to Nature's 2012 ranking of research institutions and countries in the Asia Pacific region. The rankings are...
3/20/2013 10:00 PM EDT

Graphene Researchers Create “Superheated” Water That Can Corrode Diamonds

Novel discovery paves the way to improve waste degradation and laser-assisted etching of materials.
3/11/2013 5:00 AM EDT

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