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Microparticles To Help Treat Heart Attacks
Researchers have found that microparticles injected into the blood can boost heart function and reduce heart scarring after a heart attack.
‘Icy’ Technique Improves Kidney Transplants
Surgeons have completed 50 kidney transplants using a robot-assisted procedure in which the organ is cooled with ice during the operation.
Goods And Pollution Made In China For U.S.
Study finds that air pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean is often caused by manufacturing goods for export to the U.S. and Europe.
Shrimp Gives Insight Into Color Vision
Researchers have uncovered new insights into color vision by studying the mantis shrimp.
GYSS 2014: Taking A Leaf From Nature’s Book
Prof. Grätzel discusses how harnessing solar power has the potential to provide more than 6,000 times our current energy consumption.
SMART Launches Driverless Car Called ‘SCOT’
The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology has launched Singapore’s very first locally-developed driverless car.
How Badly Do India’s Universities Need To Chase World Rankings?
Prof. Pushkar of BITS Pilani discusses whether India’s higher education sector should focus on chasing world university rankings.
The Database Don
SMU Associate Professor Kyriakos Mouratidis aims to maximise the potential of databases to provide solutions to real-world problems.
Making Sense Of The Modern World
Associate Professor Norman Li from the SMU School of Social Sciences is studying how the ancient ‘software’ in our brains deals with the constant stimuli assailing us in the modern world.
