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Building a Programmer’s Toolbox

SMU Assistant Professor Jiang Lingxiao is on a mission to improve software coding by developing tools to support high quality, error-free code.

Features

May I Have Your Attention, Please?

SMU Associate Professor Jochen Reb believes that mindfulness could benefit individuals and organisations and transform the way we live and work.

Features

The Board Will Now Vote

Well-structured corporate governance frameworks are necessary to ensure that companies adhere to ethics and best practices, says SMU Professor Toru Yoshikawa.

Features

When Punches Fly in Cyberspace

SMU Associate Professor Gary Chan examines how legal practice has changed in response to the Internet and technology.

Columns

Raising Geese Over Daughters

It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters, or so says a Chinese proverb. How far have we really come in terms of gender equality and parity?

In the Lab

Astrocytes, The Gym Trainers Of Neurons

Astrocytes, once thought to play passive roles in the brain, are actually key to the regulation of neuron strength and neuronal changes in the brain.

Features

Once An Industry Wonder, Now A Silent Killer

Asbestos has long been woven into human history, but we are only just beginning to feel its devastating impact on our health here in Asia.

In the Lab

What Goes Through The Brains Of Swinging Monkeys

Humans possess two distinct sets of neurons that help us sense linear and rotational movement, but macaques have a third set that responds to curved motion.

In the Lab

Unzipping The Quantum-Classical Boundary

Does this data belong in the classical or the quantum world? Run it through a zip compression program to find out!

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