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Heng Swee Keat named first chancellor of Singapore Institute of Technology
Heng Swee Keat named first chancellor of Singapore Institute of Technology Mr Heng will preside over key university ceremonies, including convocations, and represent the university at major institutional and external engagements. Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education Heng Swee Keat has been appointed the inaugural chancellor of the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), the university said on Wednesday (Jun 3). The appointment took effect on Monday and will last for a...
Cleaner recycling method unlocks reusable plastics from mixed packaging
Cleaner recycling method unlocks reusable plastics from mixed packaging Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new method to recycle mixed plastic packaging without using harmful chemical solvents—an approach that could make one of the world's most difficult waste streams significantly easier to handle. The research team from NTU Singapore's School of Materials Science and...
Fluorescent nanosensor detects key gut biomarker in minutes for faster testing
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More Singapore developers embrace greener buildings as energy costs rise
More Singapore developers embrace greener buildings as energy costs rise From low-carbon building materials to district-wide cooling systems, developers are adopting new technologies and design strategies to reduce energy consumption and operating costs. SINGAPORE: More developers in Singapore are going beyond minimum sustainability requirements as rising energy costs strengthen the business case for greener buildings. Architects say private developers are increasingly pursuing higher...
Scientists unveil ten-year roadmap for building synthetic cells
Scientists from six Asian countries have launched an ambitious 10-year effort to build synthetic cells from non-living molecules, marking the region's first coordinated push to create an artificial single-celled biological system. The roadmap, published on May 26 in Nature Biotechnology and led by the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was developed through the SynCell Asia Initiative, which comprises more than 100 scientists from China, Japan,...
Supporting complex care with confidence and compassion
Supporting complex care with confidence and compassion After years of working with children and youths with intellectual disabilities, senior psychologist Melody Tan Hui Shan sought deeper clinical training through NIE’s Master of Arts (Applied Psychology) to deliver more tailored care. For close to 15 years, Ms Melody Tan Hui Shan worked with young people aged seven to 18 years old at MINDS Fernvale Gardens School, providing interventions, caregiver guidance and school-based services for...
Supercomputers alone won’t speed up discoveries without trained researchers, says NSCC chief
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Türkiye, Singapore among countries rejecting ‘strategic resignation’ amid global disorder, says Turkish foreign minister
Türkiye, Singapore among countries rejecting ‘strategic resignation’ amid global disorder, says Turkish foreign minister Speaking at a special lecture in Singapore, Minister Hakan Fidan touched on Israel and the Middle East conflict, finding alternative connectivity routes to the Straits of Hormuz and Ankara’s foreign policy approach in Southeast Asia. SINGAPORE: Türkiye and Singapore are among “a handful of wise and responsible nations” which have rejected “strategic resignation” amid a...
Iran’s proxies moving towards ‘violent gig economy’, but no imminent threat to Southeast Asia: Expert
Iran’s proxies moving towards ‘violent gig economy’, but no imminent threat to Southeast Asia: Expert While there are no reports of Iran-linked “violent gig economy” activities in Southeast Asia, “well-to-do” societies may be more vulnerable to threats, says a counterterrorism expert at a dialogue in Singapore. Iran’s proxy groups may be moving towards what can be described as a “violent gig economy”, with a shift from traditional militant cells to global external operations that are more...
What Beijing’s shrinking youth population reveals about its changing appeal
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