A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Hack-proofing our devices
Researcher from Singapore Management University is building better safeguards into the everyday technologies of radio-frequency identification (RFID) and mobile phones. [caption id="attachment_11037" align="alignright" width="300"] Associate Professor Li YingjiuCredit : Cyril Ng[/caption] SMU Office of Research…
Gene Test Could Pinpoint Patients Sensitive to New…
[caption id="attachment_11034" align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo: Jan Chlebik for the ICR)[/caption] Testing for a gene commonly mutated in ovarian cancers could pick out patients who will respond well to a promising new class of cancer drugs,…
Ageing isn’t a tsunami
Are Singaporeans financially prepared for retirement and ageing? Researchers from Singapore Management University are finding out. [caption id="attachment_11031" align="alignnone" width="900"] Researchers at the SMU Centre for Research on the Economics of AgeingCredit : Asian Scientist[/caption]…
China’s Tian Shan mountains
[caption id="attachment_11027" align="alignnone" width="621"] Copyright contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2016), processed by ESA[/caption] Sentinel-2A takes us over northwestern China near the border with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in this false-colour image. The mountains pictured are…