Medical research

The strange brain of a Formula One driver

Formula One drivers offer scientists a unique window on how the brain adapts to impossible speeds.

The New Age

Can we change how we age? ST launches year-long series The New Age on living long, and living well

The New Age explores what it really means to grow older, and how daily lifestyle choices, medicine, and social support can redefine ageing from an inescapable descent into a realm of opportunity.

The New Age

Investing in the future of health: Singapore’s growing longevity sector

Private healthcare groups and commercial players are racing to offer biological age testing, precision diagnostics, and personalised lifestyle interventions.

US study tests magic mushrooms’ psilocybin to fight cancer side effects

Scientists warn against self-medicating with magic mushrooms, as unsupervised use can amplify a cancer patient’s stress and anxiety.

US scientists find genes linked to OCD, raising the prospect of new treatments

Many of the newly identified genes are shared between the obsessive-compulsive disorder and chronic tic disorders.

How Singapore turns billion-dollar science research into real-world success

Singapore-trained staff engineer Kyle Chu and chief executive and founder of Quantum Horizon, Dr Joe Fitzsimons, showing the quantum computer they have assembled for US$2.3 million at their Mediapolis office on Dec 3.

At least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, study shows

The lead author in a study of former NFL players said that repeated traumatic brain injuries are a known factor in elevated rates of neurodegenerative disease.

Roche, Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s blood test gets US FDA clearance

Swiss drugmaker Roche says the Elecsys pTau217 biomarker blood test is not intended to be used as a stand-alone diagnostic test.

NUS researchers find drug that turns off ‘master switch’ in aggressive breast cancer

NUS Centre for Cancer Research assistant professor Alan Prem Kumar (centre, foreground) with researchers (background, from left) Cai Wanpei, Lam Hiu Yan and Xianning Lai, who found that a targeted drug that can block a ‘master switch’ that drives tumour growth in triple negative breast cancer.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 20, 2026

An electronic display showing the national debt in Washington, DC on Aug 19.

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