Hei Ming Lai – Asian Scientist Magazine

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Agricultural intensification—including increased fertilizer use—is responsible for China's drying soil, not climate change.

A study in mice suggests that deep brain stimulation could be helpful in the treatment of dementia.

Cells adapt to stiff substrates by modifying their cytoskeleton, organizing actin filaments into a single direction.

SMU Associate Professor Eugene Tan studies the impact of public and private sector policies on Singapore’s society.

SMU Assistant Professor Kim Jae Bum studies how decisions on voluntary disclosures are made by company managers.

SMU Assistant Professor Jimmy Lee studies how a company’s senior management team can contribute to good corporate governance.

SMU Assistant Professor Michael Genkin studies the intricate social networks that exist between people.

In the future, consumer devices could be powered by solid state micro-supercapacitors instead of lithium batteries.

A single-cell RNA sequencing study has shown that dendritic cells are already committed to their downstream lineages in the bone marrow.