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The National University of Singapore (NUS) has risen four places to emerge 21st in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022. This is the best showing by NUS, and Singapore, since the rankings started in 2010. The University also retains its position as the third best university in Asia. The University of

A team from NUS Engineering has been selected as the national winner of the annual James Dyson Award, for their design for an easy to use at home glaucoma test. The winning design, called HOPES (Home Eye Pressure E-skin Sensor), is a wearable biomedical device that uses advanced patent pending sensor technology and artificial intelligence

Assistant Professor Pieremanuele (Piero) Canepa from NUS Materials Science and Engineering has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, in recognition of his work in the field of Computational Materials Science. Asst. Prof. Canepa, leads the Canepa Research Laboratory at NUS which leverages the power of supercomputers and advanced simulation algorithms to push the boundaries in the

  A new class of intelligent material that could be used in a range of applications from drug delivery to energy storage has been developed by NUS researchers, led by Professor Antonio Castro Neto, (Dept of Materials Science & Engineering). The intelligent material dubbed “2D-electrolytes” is just one atom thick and as with other intelligent

  Metals are some of the most widely used materials in the world, found in everything from cookware to computers. Every day metal waste is produced, from scrap metal in manufacturing to metal content in discarded old electronics. As a step towards mitigating the environmental impact of metal waste, a research team at NUS Engineering

  A smart foam developed by researchers from NUS Engineering could give robots a human-like sense of touch to better judge human intentions and respond to changes in their environment. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have seen robots and machines become significantly smarter in recent years, but they still lack the ability to touch and

  Concrete is the most consumed man-made material on Earth. While the environmental impact of materials like plastics has been widely publicised, the impact of concrete has been far less talked about. Each year, about three tonnes of concrete are produced for every person on the planet. Concrete is made up of water, cement, and

In the Nature Index 2021 Materials Science supplement published on 30 June 2021, NUS was placed 7th in the world for its materials science research output. This prestigious supplement examines how researchers are rethinking the nature and potential of materials to drive advances in manufacturing, drug discovery, product design, and more. NUS is the only

An example of the quantum instruments Assoc Prof Alexander Ling develops for use in nanosatellites Established in 2007, the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) was the first Research Centre of Excellence in Singapore. It was founded with the goal of bringing physicists, engineers and computer scientists together for research into fundamental quantum phenomena. Through this dedication to interdisciplinary

Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov enjoys working creatively, both in material science and in abstract art forms (Photo: The University of Manchester) On 22 October 2004, Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov along with other colleagues including his former PhD supervisor Professor Sir Andre Geim published one of the most revolutionary scientific papers of the 21st century. In

New institute to promote research and develop talents in optoelectronics, flexible electronics, advanced manufacturing, energy materials and advanced catalysis   The National University of Singapore (NUS) is collaborating with Tianjin University (TJU), the People’s Government of Fuzhou City and the Education Department of Fujian Province to establish the Tianjin University-National University of Singapore Joint Institute

Global list of influential scientific minds recognises NUS researchers for consistently achieving high citation counts over a decade Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) are among the world’s most influential scientific minds in the fields of Chemistry, Computer Science & Engineering, Economics & Business, Engineering, Environment/Ecology, Material Science, Mathematics, Physics and more. A