Artist's impression of a split beam with vitamin B12 in a liquid jet. Scientists have developed a new X-ray technique that can capture ultrafast molecular changes in extremely dilute liquid samples - a breakthrough that…
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…