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A study conducted by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo from NUS Economics revealed that households respond to ambient air pollution by increasing electricity consumption, which in turn increases the carbon emissions that are…

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Cities

Architects Are Redesigning Cities To Help With Social Distancing

August 17, 2020

In the once-bustling Eixample district, birdsong and the occasional whir of a food delivery cyclist have replaced the continuous din of passing traffic – making lockdown life unexpectedly bucolic in…

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Social Issues: What A Student Should Know To Make Difference

August 17, 2020

Students are a special group of people who are able to normally live while everything around seems to fall apart. For instance, they have to overcome significant problems affecting society…

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Science

Strengthening Food Security With R&D

August 16, 2020

The current Covid-19 situation has brought the issue of food security into sharper focus. Here’s how A*STAR and the Singapore Food Agency are driving R&D efforts to strengthen the country’s…

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New NUS Research Breakthrough: CircASXL1-1 Regulates BAP1 Deubiquitinase Activity In Leukemia

August 14, 2020

In Singapore, there are over 2,000 new cases of blood cancers diagnosed every year. While Singapore boasts one of the highest cure rates for acute leukemia in children, the cure…

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More Opportunities For Singaporeans Through New SkillsFuture Work-Study Programmes

August 14, 2020

To provide Singaporeans with more work-study opportunities in emerging and growth sectors, four new SkillsFuture Work-Study Programmes will be introduced by Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs), offering more than 140…

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Cities

How COVID Has Revealed The Need For A Rethink In Urban Planning

August 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness of the significant flaws in our urban infrastructure, and highlighted our lack of attention to how human health, natural systems, and the built environment…

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People

How You Can Help A Friend Experiencing Sexual Abuse

August 14, 2020

There are approximately 433,648 victims of rape and sexual assault in the United States each year. While this number is bleak, the number worse than this is that of unreported…

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Good Progress For Hawkers Go Digital Programme

August 14, 2020

The Hawkers Go Digital programme, launched on 8 June 2020, has made good progress, with a growing number of stallholders offering e-payments and receiving their E-payment Bonus. Enterprise Singapore (“ESG”),…

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An Indian Company Is Gearing Up To Make Millions Of Doses Of A $3 Covid-19 Vaccine

August 13, 2020

As the Covid-19 pandemic drags on, there’s one thing we’re all counting on to rescue us from the drudgery of socially-distanced life: a vaccine. How many times have you heard…

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