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Ecology

NUS biologists have discovered that orthopterans (the insect group that includes crickets, grasshoppers and katydids) visit flowers more frequently than previously known and play a potential role in pollination.

16 Aug 2018

Hugh TAN (Group Leader, Biological Sciences)

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Advanced materials

An expressway for electrons in oxide heterostructures

NUS physicists have developed a new methodology for determining the impact of screening effects on charge carrier mobility at the interface of complex material structures.

30 Jul 2018

Andrivo RUYSDI (Group Leader, Physics)

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Materials science

Real-time imaging of chemical processes

NUS scientists observe the real-time formation of hollow structures in the galvanic replacement (GR) reaction between silver and gold with nanometre resolution, gaining insights on the mechanisms behind the structural transformations.

24 Jul 2018

Utkur MIRSAIDOV (Group Leader, Biological Sciences and Physics)

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Bioimaging

New tools to characterise physical properties of biofilms

NUS scientists, together with researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Imperial College London (ICL), have developed non-invasive biophysical techniques to quantify oxygen concentration and micromechanical properties in bacterial biofilms and understand their real-time responses to environmental changes.

16 Jul 2018

Thorsten WOHLAND (Group Leader, Biological Sciences and Chemistry)

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Student Life

Chemistry Orientation Camp 2018

The camp encouraged mingling and facilitated freshmen’s orientation into university life.

20 Aug 2018

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Alumni

Paying it forward

Science alumnus Mr Veera Sekaran shares how small acts of kindness can have big changes in someone's life.

17 Aug 2018