Electric cars and fuel cells: A hopeful outlook for a sustainable ‘car-lite’ Singapore
NUS professors weigh in on Singapore’s drive to phase out traditional cars for electric vehicles by 2040.
The world’s first aerogels made from scrap rubber tyres
The light and durable materials are an eco-friendly solution to recycle otherwise enduring rubber waste.
Enabling battery-powered silicon chips to work faster and longer
Researchers from the NUS Green IC group at ECE have a new technique to make silicon chips consume less power and perform better.
NUS scientists work on COVID-19 vaccine trial and rapid test kits
NUS researchers and alumni contribute their expertise to the fight against the new virus.
Breakthrough in cancer diagnosis using big data analytics
According to Professor Lim Chwee Teck and his team, a set of just 29 genes could predict cancer and the effectiveness of treatments for it.
A low-power, highly responsive and reusable sweat pH monitor
Could a sensor on your watch tell you if you’re dehydrated?
NUS scientists create world’s first monolayer amorphous film
The thinnest possible member of a poorly-understood class of materials is like nothing else scientists have seen before.
NUS, StarHub to Pilot 5G VR and AI Solutions in a Net-zero Energy Building
NUS and StarHub have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 12 December 2019 to jointly advance innovation in virtual reality and artificial intelligence solutions over StarHub’s 5G network in NUS’ net-zero energy building located at SDE.
Microsensor implants for 24/7 health monitoring
Tiny subcutaneous implants that can continuously measure a person’s blood glucose, heart rate and other physiological conditions are a Holy Grail of modern medicine. A team of NUS researchers has recently made a quantum leap into turning this dream closer to reality. They developed a new wireless reader that is so sensitive to minute changes […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]