Patrick Tan appointed as Duke-NUS Dean to lead next era of medical innovation and education
SINGAPORE, April 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke-NUS Medical School has appointed Professor Patrick Tan as its next and fourth Dean, effective 1 January 2026, marking a new chapter for the School as it builds on its legacy of medical education,...
NUS researchers combine 3D bioprinting with AI to personalise oral soft tissue grafts
Artificial intelligence streamlines the optimisation of bioprinting parameters for oral soft tissue grafts, reducing time and resource demands while enabling efficient, personalised dental treatments SINGAPORE, April 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A team...
NUS physicists discover a copper-free high-temperature superconducting oxide
SINGAPORE, March 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Professor Ariando and Dr Stephen Lin Er Chow from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Physics have designed and synthesised a groundbreaking new material—a copper-free superconducting...
NUS researchers develop microneedle technology to accelerate diabetic wound healing
'Sponge-like' microneedle patches deliver bioactive ingredients and reduce inflammation in slow- and non-healing wounds SINGAPORE, March 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Diabetic wounds often lead to severe complications that can result in amputations....
NUS-spinoff technology AutoCodeRover acquired by Sonar, accelerating AI-driven software development
SINGAPORE, March 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoCodeRover, an autonomous AI agent platform for software development which is a spin-off technology of the National University of Singapore (NUS), has been acquired by Sonar, a global leader in code...
On Darwin Day: The largest collection of caricatures of Charles Darwin and evolution in history unveiled
SINGAPORE, Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On Darwin Day, 12 February 2025, the Darwin Online project at the National University of Singapore (NUS) launches the largest collection of caricatures of Charles Darwin and evolution in history. It is the...
Peatlands and mangroves key to reducing carbon emissions in Southeast Asia, finds international study
SINGAPORE, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Conserving and restoring Southeast Asia's carbon-rich peatlands and mangroves could mitigate more than 50 per cent of the region's land-use carbon emissions, according to a new international study published...
NUS scientists develop realistic 'micro-gut' model to study the relationship between gut microbes and human diseases
The 3D scalable 'gut-on-a-chip' model enables real-time visualisation of the interactions of gut microbes and the human intestine SINGAPORE, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, scientists from the...
NUS researchers pioneer DNA-tagged gold nanoparticles for targeted cancer treatment
Using DNA barcoding, the novel technique tracks and optimises gold nanoparticles for precise drug delivery to tumours, advancing cancer therapies that are safer and more effective SINGAPORE, Jan. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of researchers from...
NUS researchers boost chemotherapy uptake in breast cancer treatment with localised magnetic fields
A recent study explained the mechanisms by which pulsed electromagnetic field therapy enhances doxorubicin uptake, paving the way for precision-driven cancer therapies with fewer side effects SINGAPORE, Jan. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at...