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Coronavirus: A Pandemic In The Age Of Inequality

March 19, 2020

Osmel Martinez Azcue felt unwell. Having recently returned home to Florida from China and experiencing flu-like symptoms, he went to his local hospital to get tested for coronavirus. While the…

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LTA Awards Civil Contract To Construct Three Stations For The Jurong Region Line

March 19, 2020

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the contract for the design and construction of three Jurong Region Line (JRL) stations and associated viaducts to the John Holland Pty Ltd…

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Technology

The World’s First Aerogels Made From Scrap Rubber Tyres

March 19, 2020

A team of NUS researchers has achieved a major technological breakthrough by converting waste rubber tyres into super-light aerogels that have a wide range of applications. This is the first…

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CapitaLand Staff Volunteers To Put In 6,000 Hours Towards Community Distribution Of Free Hand Sanitiser At 16 Malls In Singapore in support of Temasek Foundation’s Stay Prepared initiative

March 19, 2020

CapitaLand is supporting Temasek Foundation’s Stay Prepared initiative amid the COVID-19 situation by rallying staff volunteers to distribute alcohol-free hand sanitiser to the Singapore community at 16 participating CapitaLand malls. CapitaLand staff…

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The 4 Plausible Futures Of The World: Post Anthropocene

March 18, 2020

The world is in a state of rapid change. Depending on our collective priorities and choices, there are plausible scenarios for the world’s fate in the year 2050. This is…

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Cities

How Cities Around The World Are Handling COVID-19 – And Why We Need To Measure Their Preparedness

March 18, 2020

When it comes to infectious disease outbreaks, cities are dual-edged. To be sure, cities are a big part of the problem. They intensify the spread and transmission of infectious disease…

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Machine Learning Technique Sharpens Prediction Of Material’s Mechanical Properties

March 18, 2020

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Brown University have developed new approaches that significantly improve the accuracy of an important material testing…

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DBS Extends Enrolment Deadline Of Its Free 30-day COVID-19 Relief Insurance Cover For Customers In Singapore To 31 March 2020

March 18, 2020

Since the launch of our free COVID-19 Hospital Cash insurance policy on 24 February, DBS has received a strong response from our customers in Singapore which, at its peak, recorded…

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Society

NTUC Income Extends COVID-19 Protection To Over 550,000 Individuals In Response To Evolving Outbreak Situation

March 18, 2020

Starting today, close to 27,000 individuals insured by Income’s Personal Accident (PA) plans with infectious disease cover, and over 500,000 employees of organisations insured by its Group Employee Benefits policies,…

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Warm Weather To Prevail For The Rest Of March 2020

March 18, 2020

The warm weather experienced in the first fortnight of March 2020 is expected to persist for the rest of the month. The daily maximum temperature on most days in the…

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