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Taking Measure Of The World We Live In

As big data changes the way we conduct business, how we communicate that large volume of information to the public will also change, said experts at the SMU Communications Management Colloquium.

Academia

Bidding Adieu To SMU’s Taxation Center

As the SMU-TA Center for Excellence in Taxation draws to a close, Centre Director Associate Professor Goh Beng Wee discusses how it has contributed to the international taxation community.

Health

Making Hospital Medical Decisions Safer

A team of researchers and clinicians led by SMU Associate Professor Daniel Zheng is using advance data analytics to improve patient outcomes in hospitals.

Technology

Taking VR Gaming To The Next Level

A research team in Singapore has developed an interactive, multisensory virtual reality game.

Features

Academic By Day, Gamer By Night

Malaysia won its first-ever e-sports gold at the 30^th SEA Games thanks to Yew Weng Kean. But Yew isn’t your typical gamer: this e-sports extraordinaire is also an assistant professor in electrical engineering.

In the Lab

Scientists Develop A Hair-Raising Protocol

By encapsulating hair follicle stem cells in collagen and growing them with skin cells in a U-shaped well plate array, researchers in Japan have found a way to grow hair at scale for transplantation.

Winners Of The Asian Scientist Writing Prize 2019 Announced

A total of 26 winners received their prizes at the Asian Scientist Writing Prize 2019 held at the Science Centre Singapore.

Features

The Great Walls On Mekong: Dams Of Fate

Dams have dealt a blow to the flora and fauna of the Mekong—and the people who depend on it for a living.

Features

Doom For The Planet: The Insect Apocalypse

They may not be as charismatic as the pandas or polar bears, but insects are indispensable to life as we know it.

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