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Chang Ai-Lien

Science Editor
ailien@sph.com.sg
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Network of HTX labs at checkpoints to detect threats

Nov 30, 2019, 5:00 am
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The science and technology of keeping Singapore safe

Nov 30, 2019, 5:00 am
A member of the Singapore Civil Defence Force wearing an air-powered exoskeleton suit, believed to be the first of its kind in the world. It allows firefighters to carry heavy equipment of up to 40kg up multiple flights of stairs, and works in high h
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Robotic suit takes the load off firefighters

Nov 30, 2019, 5:00 am
Mr Frederick Chew has tasked the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's 18 biomedical sciences and engineering research institutes with working with other agencies and centres in four areas with broad impact across the economy, society and gov
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Changes at A*Star with new chief on board

Nov 4, 2019, 5:00 am
Ms Adelene Cheng says her dream is to be up close and personal with all 18 species of the world's penguins.

Love of penguins wins ST reader Antarctica trip

Aug 31, 2019, 5:00 am
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When climate change hits home in Singapore

Aug 22, 2019, 5:00 am
Singapore is already seeing some of the effects of climate change, including more intense rainfall and prolonged dry spells. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong noted that current projections are that sea levels will rise by up to 1m by the end of the cen

NDR 2019: Sea-level rise poses threat to Singapore

Aug 19, 2019, 5:00 am

NDR 2019: $100 billion needed to protect Singapore against rising sea levels

Aug 18, 2019, 9:25 pm

Singapore prepares for rising seas

Jul 18, 2019, 5:00 am
PHOTO: MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES

Singapore pours $10m into research of rising sea levels

Jul 18, 2019, 5:00 am

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

Jul 17, 2019, 1:14 pm
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

Jun 27, 2019, 5:00 am

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

Jun 26, 2019, 5:30 pm
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
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Test helps doctors decide on cancer treatment

Jun 22, 2019, 5:00 am
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

Jun 13, 2019, 5:00 am

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

Jun 12, 2019, 8:00 am

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