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NUS researchers invent ‘humidity digester’ to keep rooms feeling cool at zero energy cost

Asst Prof Tan Swee Ching and his team of researchers from the Dept of Materials Science and Engineering at NUS Faculty of Engineering have invented a novel way to lower the humidity in a room without using energy. They developed a hydrogel which, when combined with some chemicals and a thin carbon mesh, can absorb […]

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2D materials for 3D electronics

Dean of NUS Engineering, Professor Aaron Thean, explains that two-dimensional (2D) materials like tungsten selenide may be used for cutting-edge transistors and resistive memories, and proposes the possibility to realise new ‘one-transistor one-resistor’ memories in this publication in Nature Communications.

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NUS researchers find potential solution to overheating mobile phones

Future magnon torque based devices such as this could allow for faster electronic gadgets that require less power and do not overheat Modern computer memory encodes information by switching magnetic bits within devices. Now, a ground-breaking study conducted by researchers from NUS Electrical and Computer Engineering has found a new efficient way of using ‘spin […]

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Materials in the Flatland: A scientific lecture by Nobel Laureate Konstantin Novoselov

Professor Novoselov remains at the forefront of an entirely new area of multidisciplinary research which was formed after his discovery of graphene, the world’s first two-dimensional material Researchers, students and other members of Singapore’s scientific community attended a lecture on 26 Nov by Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov, Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor at NUS Materials […]

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18 NUS Engineering researchers among the world’s most influential scientific minds

Researchers from NUS Engineering are among the world’s most highly cited researchers whose research in one or more fields have consistently supported and inspired other researchers globally. A total of 27 NUS researchers were named in the global Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list released by Clarivate Analytics today; of these 27, 18 are affiliated to […]

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