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Singapore researchers make advances in cancer-linked genomics

askST: Forget masks, keep pets indoors and monitor their symptoms

Gaze through the haze: How to protect your eyes from pollutants

askST: Your fur babies can't wear an N95 mask, so how can you protect your pet from the haze?

The haze-shrouded skyline from the Marina Bay Sands' Sky Park at around 7pm yesterday. Air quality in the next 24 hours could be similar to that for most of yesterday. The one-hour PM2.5 readings are expected to remain in the normal band, while the 2

Firms take haze precaution measures to protect employees who work outdoors

Mr Halmie Hussein Mattar with a camera used to investigate a high-rise littering case. When one area becomes a consistent concern, National Environment Agency officers may scope it out for suitable vantage points to place cameras. Investigators have

Tough work tracking down high-rise litterbugs

S'pore to enter 7th day of unhealthy air quality, firms with outdoor workers take haze precautions

Researchers from Singapore and MIT unveil new microscope that can study cells better

askST: Clearing the fog of uncertainty on mask protection

askST: Can surgical masks be worn on both sides, and which side guards against the haze?

Pest control and National Environment Agency officers conducting fogging in Hemsley Avenue in Serangoon Gardens on Sunday. Three cases of locally transmitted Zika virus infection were confirmed in Hemsley Avenue last week, bringing the total number o

Serangoon Gardens residents taking Zika precautions

Residents in Serangoon Gardens where Zika cluster is located worried but prepared

Assistant Professor Yang Shengyuan of the Singapore University of Technology and Design with an illustration of the 3D quantum Hall effect in the background. His team was involved in the first experimental demonstration of the effect in 3D - which pa

SUTD team helps make leap in quantum mechanics

Live on another planet? It's impossible for now

Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State for Transport and Communications and Information, presenting the trophy yesterday to Mr Kyle Tan and Ms Tara Kripalani from the St Joseph's Institution International team which clinched first place in th

Spotlight on sustainability at one-north Festival

one-north Festival opens with focus on sustainability

Assistant Professor Shao Huilin and doctoral student Noah Sundah with the Stamp microfluidic device that they and their team developed. The technology can detect and classify cancer cells, as well as determine the disease's aggressiveness. Patients a

Better biopsies, thanks to NUS team

NUS researchers develop technology to make biopsies more comprehensive and less invasive

Mr Jonathan Matthew Roberts, creative director at EMTM Video, showing the students around a studio yesterday. The 40 secondary school students were drawn from among more than 300 participants of N.E.mation!, an inter-school digital animation competit

Students gain media tips during tour of ST newsroom

Students visit The Straits Times newsroom, learn how to combat fake news

The white-rumped shama was deemed extinct here during the 1970s. But recent observations suggest the bird is back, sparking speculation that those in the wild may have been smuggled in but released. Common palm civets, with their endearing appearance

Protecting endangered wildlife in Singapore

Summit in Singapore examines gender inequality issues in science and research

Women with uterine fibroids can opt for minimally invasive treatments

Recycling truck attendant Mohamat Hadilusandy Abdul Hadi, 26, with a bin bearing the new label, which prominently states that no food or liquids are allowed in the recycling bin. Achieving the target of reducing waste sent to the offshore Semakau Lan

Singapore aims to cut waste sent to landfill by 30%

How to separate food fads from facts