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2016 President’s Science and Technology Awardees Announced

Three individuals and a team comprising four parties in Singapore have been awarded the President’s Science and Technology Awards, presented by President Tony Tan Keng Yam.

In the Lab

Gene Therapy Reduces Heart Failure In Mice

By inhibiting the production of ANGPTL2, researchers were able to reduce the progression of heart failure in mouse models.

In the Lab

Great Apes Have A Firm Grip On Reality

You can’t hoodwink an ape! An eye-tracking experiment shows that, like humans, chimpanzees can process false beliefs.

In the Lab

Gene Linked To A Common Hearing Disorder Identified

Scientists in Japan have identified the causative gene for sensorineural hearing loss, a common hearing disorder.

Features

Balancing The Sacred And The Secular

SMU Provost Lily Kong, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading social and cultural geographers, studies the complexities that surround a society’s religious spaces and practices.

In the Lab

Hide And Seek: Looking For The Elusive Sterile Neutrinos

The joint result of two separate experiments has significantly shrunk the hiding space for a light sterile neutrino.

Pharma

GHIT Fund Invests Further US$11.4 Million In Malaria And Tuberculosis Research

GHIT Fund is ramping up investments for researchers working on antimalarial and tuberculosis drugs and treatments.

Columns

Discernment: Crucial To Our Children’s Success?

A Uganda-based study has attempted to teach primary school-aged children critical thinking skills about science and health, despite what they might read on the internet.

In the Lab

The Force Awakens? Physicists Succeed At ‘Stopping’ Light

Like when Kylo Ren used the Force to stop a laser blast mid-air, Australian physicists have successfully trapped light in an experiment.

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