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Estimating Risks and Resolving Paradoxes

SMU Professor Lim Kian Guan uses sophisticated mathematical tools to extract information out of options data and provide more accurate risk estimates.

Measuring the Impact of Financial Policies

Mutual and hedge funds manage trillions of dollars, but how should they be regulated? Assistant Professor Tang Yuehua seeks to understand how incentives and policies affect the performance of funds.

Light Powered By Silk Cocoons

Wet silk could be used to conduct electricity, although scientists say that any absorbent material would have the same effect.

Ebola: By The Numbers

These figures track the development of the worst Ebola outbreak in history, and what it takes to stop it.

The Secrets Of Life Underground

The genome of the Damaraland mole rat provides an insight into the adaptations required for life underground.

How α-Catenin Converts Force Into Biochemical Signals

Magnetic tweezers have allowed scientists to unravel what happens when α-catenin is stretched.

Organizing Medical Meetings In Asia

The inaugural Healthcare Meetings Forum Asia 2014 brought together organizers, regulators and sponsors to discuss how to run successful medical conferences in the region. Rebecca Tan reports from Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Center.

Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Southeast Asia

Drug-resistant malaria parasites, requiring a longer duration of treatment, have emerged in Southeast Asia.

Turning Waste Heat Into Air Conditioning

The Combined Heat and Power plant jointly developed by A*STAR and Hitachi achieves high efficiency with low operation costs.