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THE World Uni Rankings 2016-2017: National Uni Of Singapore Leads Asia

289 Asian universities from 24 countries make the overall Times Higher Education list of 980 institutions.

Zika Test By Singapore Firm Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization

A Zika test developed by Singapore-based Vela Diagnostics has received Emergency Use Authorization for use in the United States.

Singapore Among World’s Healthiest Places To Live

Iceland, Singapore and Sweden are the healthiest out of 188 countries studied in the 2015 Global Burden of Disease Study.

RNA Editing Gone Awry Could Indicate Gastric Cancer

Proteins involved in RNA editing could potentially be used as biomarkers to detect gastric cancer at an early stage, a study finds.

Lamin Proteins, The ‘Steel Bars’ That Surround Our Cells

Researchers have provided new insights into how lamin proteins, which strengthen the envelope surrounding a cell nucleus, achieve their function.

The Blame Game

When parties outsource duties to independent contractors who then carry out the work negligently, is the hiring party also responsible? SMU Associate Professor Low Kee Yang believes so.

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.

Agents Of Change

People are influenced by their family, friends, colleagues and even strangers. This social sway can be measured by science, says SMU Visiting Professor Michael Macy.

Boosting Vaccine 2 With Antibodies From Vaccine 1

The research suggests that vaccine efficacy could be improved by exploiting cross-reactive antibodies.