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Chang Ai-Lien

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Singapore prepares for rising seas; people urged to join effort

PHOTO: MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES

Singapore pours $10m into research of rising sea levels

Singapore will spend $400m upgrading drains, $10m on studying sea level rise to counter climate change

Dr Choong Meng Ling (left), who is head of high throughput screening at the Experimental Drug Development Centre (EDDC), with Dr Joel Leong, chief development officer of the EDDC, at the high throughput screening laboratory in the centre yesterday. T

New centre to take drug discovery to next level

National platforms to take Singapore's drug development efforts to the next level

Dr Raghav Sundar (above), a consultant at the cancer institute, says immunotherapy is not the magic bullet but an additional weapon in the fight against cancer. If doctors know from the outset that immunotherapy will not work for a patient, they can

Test helps doctors decide on cancer treatment

Research commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has found that on average, people could be ingesting 5g - the weight of a credit card - in plastic every week, which amounts to about 250g a year. WWF International director-general Marco

People could be ingesting 5g of plastic a week

How much plastic does a person ingest weekly? A credit card’s worth in weight on average

The research gathered in the project by Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk and Gallup can be used to shape policy and help people understand accurately the potential consequences of not vaccinating their child,

What does the world fear most?

What does the world fear most? A new study aims to find out

Breaking new ground in farming

Macroalgae (above) is used to absorb waste material from the Recirculating Aquaculture System at the Marine Aquaculture Centre.

Journey of local seafood from lab to farm to table

(From left) CytoMed Therapeutics' senior research scientist Richard Zha, 28, chief operating officer Tan Wee Kiat, 32, chief scientific officer Zeng Jieming, 46, research officer Du Zhi Cheng, 24, and manager Evelyn Tan, 31. The start-up deals in cel

Singapore start-up uses body's immune cells to fight cancer

Sun seeker at sea: One of the world's largest offshore floating solar systems will soon be soaking up the rays along the Strait of Johor

Biomed sector poised to shine but there are some worries

Smart water meters to be rolled out to 300,000 properties here to help save water

Black hole image a true eureka moment: Experts

Professor Konstantin Novoselov said he decided to move to Singapore because of the strong research base in physics and materials science, as well as the "flexible, dynamic government" which has made research a key focus.

Nobel laureate for physics Konstantin Novoselov to join NUS

Molecular biology giant Sydney Brenner, 92, dies

Professor Konstantin Novoselov (above) and fellow researcher Andre Geim were awarded the Nobel Prize for their groundbreaking achievements in graphene. Made up of a single layer of carbon atoms, it is the thinnest material discovered to date, yet it

Be bold, says Nobel laureate joining NUS

Nobel laureate Sydney Brenner, who helped place Singapore on biotech world stage, dies at 92

Nobel laureate Konstantin Novoselov to join the National University of Singapore

Pupils observing the different stages of butterfly metamorphosis at the Science Centre. Developing an open, scientific mindset starts with getting young children passionate about science and technology, and how these impact the world they live in, sa

Make science-based decisions part of our DNA

$80m boost to turn manufacture of cells into a big money-spinner

$80m boost for programmes to manufacture living cells as medicine