NUS scientists in partnership with A*STAR researchers have created an innovative microelectronic device that can potentially function as a sustainable, high-performance “bit-switch” . nature.com/articles/s4158…

📢 New paper 📢 Led by Poquita-Du Rosa Celia in Springer Nature in Scientific Reports identified genomic regions with SNPs that distinguish intertidal from subtidal Pocillopora acuta colonies and are associated with adaptations to extreme environment. 🪸🏖️ Well done Ross! 🌟 doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

📢 New paper led by Hannah Yeo in Wiley Ecology & Evolution who developed her own tethering technique to identify high predation potential of Nerita undata on tropical artificial shorelines. Excellent work Hannah! 🐌✨ doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1…

NUS researchers have developed a novel phase-selective in-plane heteroepitaxial strategy for growing 2D TMDs. This approach provides a promising method for phase engineering of 2D TMDs and fabricating 2D heterostructure devices. nature.com/articles/s4146…

NUS physicists have developed a computational imaging technique to extract 3D information from a single 2D electron micrograph. This method can be readily implemented in most TEMs for rapidly imaging large areas at a nano-scale 3D resolution. nature.com/articles/s4200…

NUS chemists have developed a strategy using disulfide-containing small molecules to facilitate the reversible control and delivery of ribonucleic acid (RNA). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

We are thrilled to announce that Prof Liu Xiaogang from @chemnus received the Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize for his outstanding research in photon conversion in nanocrystals and their applications in X-ray and light-field imaging! #NUSExcellence news.nus.edu.sg/prof-liu-xiaog…

NUS chemists have developed hexavalent photocatalytic covalent organic frameworks (COFs) which mimic natural photosynthesis for the production of hydrogen peroxide, an important industrial chemical. nature.com/articles/s4416…

Thrilled to share our latest work in nature in collaboration with the Davis Group at Rosalind Franklin Institute & Oxford Chemistry. We developed a 'cap & glycosylate' strategy that directly transforms native sugars into glycosides & glycoproteins! NUS Chemistry #glycotime nature.com/articles/s4158…

NUS researchers have discovered a salt adaptation mechanism in plants that facilitates chloride removal from the roots and enhancing salinity tolerance. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Biologists from NUS and the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries have identified a gene locus responsible for sex determination in the European green toad. nature.com/articles/s4146…

Congratulations, Assoc Professor KOH Ming Joo, on being selected as one of two winners of the Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Science Award for Creative Work (2024), the first time this award is given to a Singaporean researcher. Read more at science.nus.edu.sg/blog/2024/07/0…

NUS researchers found that caterpillars’ food preferences are determined by factors, or substances, present in their blood and these preferences could be passed on to offspring through the bloodstream. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Quantum entanglement boosted by many-body interactions – researchers at NUS predict that double-excitonic resonances enhance spontaneous parametric down-conversion rates, enabling the generation of entangled photons by 2D crystals. journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1…

NUS chemists have developed a modular approach to create 1,2-arylheteroaryl ethanes, a class of compounds important for drug discovery and pharmaceutical development, using fundamental feedstock chemicals such as ethylene, arenes and heteroarenes. nature.com/articles/s4155…

NUS researchers have achieved a breakthrough by creating and directly visualising electron-hole crystals in an exotic quantum material, known as a Mott insulator. This discovery opens new possibilities for exploring quantum excitonic states. nature.com/articles/s4156…

NUS environmental biology researchers have developed an efficient method for rapidly identifying and classifying human activities within nature reserves at the global level, using social media and deep learning techniques. nature.com/articles/s4159…

NUS nutritionists have found that 5-Hydroxytryptophan (HTP) supplementation can improve sleep quality in Singaporean older adults, particularly in individuals with poor sleep patterns, and manage their gut microbiome composition. clinicalnutritionjournal.com/article/S0261-…

NUS researchers have successfully simulated higher-order topological lattices with unprecedented accuracy using digital quantum computers. These complex lattice structures can help us understand advanced quantum materials with robust quantum states. nature.com/articles/s4146…

NUS researchers have developed a technique that accurately characterises single-cell RNA sequencing data using manifold fitting. This innovation promises to speed up and improve the accuracy of data analysis, aiding biomedical research. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…