NUS

Need help caring for grandma? Undergrads create the Ahma app to help caregivers

NUS computer science students (from left) Andrew Soon, Aishwarya Goyal, Abhishek Paranjape and Hazel Low designed the Ahma app to support caregivers.

Singapore-based research network appointed WHO collaborating centre for clinical trials

Mo Yin, director of Advancing Clinical Evidence in Infectious Diseases, speaking at a ceremony officially announcing the WHO appointment on Aug 31.

Faishal Ibrahim in discussions to return to academia: NUS

Former acting minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs Faishal Ibrahim resigned from political office and as an MP on July 20.

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.

Sporting Life

Why the confidence of sprint queen Pereira is a beautiful thing

Shanti Pereira in full stride at the Commonwealth Games where she became the first Singaporean to make the 200m final.

Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York acquires five jackets and one suit from NUS law professor

NUS law professor David Tan with his jacket from Dolce & Gabbana (left) and another from Balmain.

NUS makes AI courses compulsory, gives all students and staff free ChatGPT Edu access

The moves are part of a new AI strategy announced by the university on Aug 11.

NUS researchers brandish light beams for biotechnology breakthrough

NUS College of Design and Engineering PhD student Linus Tan (left), lead author of the study, with Poh Chueh Loo, an associate professor from NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation who led the research.

New Razer-NUS AI lab to build companions beyond Tamagotchi, gaming intelligence

Li Meng Lee (left), Razer's chief strategy officer, and Professor Tulika Mitra, Dean of NUS School of Computing, pictured during the Launch of the Razer-NUS Joint AI Research Lab on August 5, 2026.

Dentists in S’pore lack awareness on prescribing antibiotics: NUS study

Charlene Goh, director of the Discipline of Primary Dental Care & Population Oral Health, is one of the researchers behind the study.

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