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The Serial Dean

Leave your comfort zones and venture into Africa, says Lee Kong Chian School of Business Distinguished Term Professor Howard Thomas.

In the Lab

Japanese Supercomputer ‘K’ Is World’s Fastest

A Japanese supercomputer has been named the most powerful system in the world, beating out China's Tianhe-1A supercomputer.

In the Lab

Kupffer Cells Guard The Liver Against Metastatic Cancer

Activating the fungal receptor Dectin-2 makes Kupffer cells ‘eat’ cancerous cells, thereby reducing the spread of cancer to the liver.

Technology

Copper Helps Stainless Steel Stents Stick It Out

Copper-containing stainless steel could help prevent the infections that commonly follow urethral stent surgery.

In the Lab

Could Humans Live There? Check The Planet’s Shadow

By timing the shadow of a nearby, potentially habitable planet, researchers could determine if its atmosphere contains molecules related to life, such as oxygen.

In the Lab

Here’s Why Our Skin Doesn’t Leak

Epidermal cells look like a flattened version of a tetrakaidecahedron—a 14-sided, 3D solid made out of six rectangular and eight hexagonal sides.

Singaporean Student Wins US$250K Scholarship With Antibiotic Resistance Video

Deanna See is one of two winners of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge with her video on antibiotic resistance, which earned her a US$250,000 scholarship.

Columns

It’s The End Of The World As We Know It, So Why Talk About Science?

The shock US election results have thrown into the spotlight the need, more than ever, for science literacy.

In the Lab

Quantum Keys Transmitted Over Record-Breaking 404 km

404 is no error, but the distance in kilometers that scientists have successfully transmitted quantum information over a optical fiber network.

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