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Concrete Doped With Microbes Gains Durability

Scientists in Japan have found that the rate of corrosion of steel bars in concrete can be slowed by embedding aerobic bacteria within cement.

It’s Morphing Time! How The Dengue Virus Evades Detection

Dengue virus becoming resistant to vaccines and therapeutics due to mutations in specific protein, study shows.

3D Printing Gets A Boost With Data-Driven Design

Combined analysis of geometry, topology, structure and material data can be used to optimize the designs of 3D printed products, say researchers in Singapore.

2019 Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To Akira Yoshino

Professor Akira Yoshino created the first commercially viable lithium ion battery in 1985.

A Trojan Horse For Killing Drug-Resistant Microbes

By hijacking the heme acquisition system of bacteria, researchers in Japan have devised a method to kill microbes that are resistant to antibiotic treatment.

DNA Cage Holds Silver Atoms Still For Scrutiny

Using two DNA sequences of ten nucleotides each to hold together exactly 16 silver atoms, researchers in Denmark and Japan seek to better understand the optical properties of silver nanoclusters.

A Springboard For Budding Innovations

Explore the possibilities for industry-academia collaboration (and more) at IPI's Technology Commercialisation Workshop.

A Clarion Call To Innovate

Experts from Aztech and Singtel weigh in on how innovation challenges spark creativity and broaden the scope for open innovation.

Making Sense Of Highly Complex Data

A new method developed by SMU researchers allows for more accurate estimations that take hundreds of variables into account.