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The Future Is What We Make It, Says Professor Chan Heng Chee

From urbanisation to ageing, Singapore ambassador-at-large Professor Chan Heng Chee outlined five megatrends that young scientists will have to contend with as 2030 approaches, during a lunchtime talk at the Global Young Scientists Summit 2017.

5 Tips For A Career In The Aerospace Industry

Are you a student hoping to work in the aerospace industry? Here are five tips to get your career off to a flying start.

Nanotechnology Gives Solar Cells A Big Boost

How do you double the efficiency of solar cells? With nanotechnology, of course.

How Inflammation Causes Aging

Controlling intestinal inflammation could be one way to prevent aging, at least in mice.

Singapore’s Serious Smart Mobility Capabilities

The Smart Mobility Test Bed will include 50 vehicles and 35 roadside units throughout NTU Singapore.

Why Some Flies Date But Don’t Mate

As the name suggests, fruit flies with the platonic mutation go through courtship rituals but fail to copulate. Scientists have found out why.

How Dying Cells Learn To Let Go

Live imaging of fly pupae has given us a peek into how dying cells are safely detached from the tissue they are embedded in.

Eisai Joins Access Accelerated To Tackle Non-Communicable Diseases

Eisai will participate in a global partnership of pharmaceutical companies to help accelerate access to health care in low and middle-income countries.

Building Software In The Cloud

Developing new software is not only technically challenging but also requires an understanding of how people will adopt it, says Dr Wolfram Schulte, former director of engineering at Microsoft, at the recent IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2016).