RESEARCH NEWS
NUS CDE researchers awarded funding to scale up low-carbon technologies
Three projects will receive support to advance promising technologies in carbon capture and hydrogen production towards industrial deployment.
NUS CDE’s Assoc Prof Raymond Ong joins airport pavement centre leadership
New initiative by Changi Airports International aims to improve the safety, reliability and sustainability of airport infrastructure worldwide.
NUS CDE researchers map individual reactions to guide better catalyst design
A new imaging method reveals differences across catalyst surfaces, offering insights that could help researchers improve materials for hydrogen production and other chemical processes.
NUS researchers reveal how stiffer ovarian tissue can impair egg development
Targeting a signalling pathway helped restore connections between eggs and the cells that nourish them, improving egg maturation in laboratory experiments.
Start with the problem, not the discipline: Rethinking solutions to sustainability challenges
Recently named the inaugural NUS Keppel Professor in Sustainability Solutions, NUS CDE’s Prof Rajasekhar Balasubramanian reflects on three decades of tackling complex sustainability challenges and translating research into real-world solutions.
Building the next generation of semiconductor talent in collaboration with Applied Materials and Micron
New graduate scholarships awarded through CDE’s Master of Science in Semiconductor Technology & Operations (MSc STO) programme
NUS CDE researchers unlock dexterous soft-robot motion from a single artificial muscle
Taking inspiration from the octopus’s neural connections, NUS CDE researchers have developed a way to produce dexterous soft-robot motion from a single artificial muscle.
NUS CDE researchers design AI hardware that filters out irrelevant visual data
A versatile transistor enables AI hardware to filter image data before analysis and adapt to different tasks, reducing energy consumption with little loss of accuracy.
An explainable AI framework for scientific discovery and high-stakes applications
A Perspective that proposes a step-by-step method for translating AI-discovered patterns into testable hypotheses for research and engineering.
Building an AI Foundry to transform materials discovery
Joining NUS CDE under the Returning Singaporean Scientists Scheme, Professor Shyue Ping Ong is building a connected system of AI, scientific data and automated experiments to change how new materials are discovered.
Pushing the boundaries of biomedical imaging
Joining NUS CDE under the Returning Singaporean Scientists Scheme, Prof Yang Changhuei will build on a career spent expanding the limits of microscopy and biomedical imaging.
NUS CDE researchers uncover how cells remember their surroundings to move through tight spaces
Cells can carry a “mechanical memory” of their past surroundings, influencing how efficiently they move through confined spaces.