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08 Sep 2015
Researchers in Singapore are helping institutions understand both the benefits and risks of real-time business transactions. They have provided businesses with economic and strategic insights by their collaborative efforts in research areas that span data analytics to information security and software systems.
31 Aug 2015
Knowledge and resources sharing among scientists will enhance research work and translate findings from the bench to the clinics.
SMU Assistant Professor Ijlal Naqvi
31 Aug 2015
The electrical power sector in Pakistan provides a lens through which researchers can examine the government’s level of service to its citizens. The research project aims to produce the country's first electricity distribution map.
SMU Associate Professor Ho Kong Weng
31 Aug 2015
Researchers are studying the driving forces and trends underlying socioeconomic mobility in Singapore. They have found that parents’ income and occupations were major factors in predicting the occupations and incomes they would eventually achieve.
SMU Associate Professor Wang Jiwei
31 Aug 2015
Minority investors need to be protected through better information and corporate governance. A study from Singapore aims to achieve this by understanding how minority investors fair in companies dominated by majority shareholders.
SMU Associate Professor Lim Chu Yeong
31 Aug 2015
Researchers in Singapore and UK have examined whether banks that recognised their potential loan losses early also priced their loans at a higher rate compared to other banks. Their results showed that banks with conservative accounting were indeed more prudent in their lending.
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31 Aug 2015
This research from Singapore aims to help businesses in Asia translate intellectual property rights into innovation and economic gains.
26 Aug 2015
Mutants of a common fungus produce endoxylanase enzymes twice as potent as the original strain.
26 Aug 2015
Using normal graphics processors, a new program for identifying repeated patterns in complex networks significantly boosts search performance.
26 Aug 2015
Simulations show why platinum nanoparticles become less effective catalysts at small sizes
26 Aug 2015
More efficient chips based on plasmonics are a step closer to reality through better control of the directional excitation of plasmons in a gold grating
24 Aug 2015
An improved understanding of how the circulatory system is formed is the first step to combating multiple diseases characterized by vascular issues.
SMU Assistant Professor Yang Hwajin
24 Aug 2015
SMU Assistant Professor Yang Hwajin studies how language shapes our ability to process information.
SMU Assistant Professor Song Jiyoung
24 Aug 2015
SMU Assistant Professor Song Jiyoung works on migration management, a multidisciplinary field that helps vulnerable migrants and mobile populations.
SMU Assistant Professor Travis Chow
24 Aug 2015
SMU Assistant Professor Travis Chow studies how tax influences the behaviour of companies and their shareholders.
SMU Assistant Professor Zhang Haiping
24 Aug 2015
Deciphering real world issues in economics is like solving a Rubik’s Cube, says SMU Assistant Professor Zhang Haiping.
The Building Blocks of an Economy
24 Aug 2015
Researchers at the SMU School of Economics are studying how education and trade form two basic pillars of a robust economy.
SMU Assistant Professor Maartje de Visser
17 Aug 2015
A country’s constitution protects the rights of its citizens. But who protects the constitution? SMU Assistant Professor Maartje de Visser looks to answer this question.
SMU Professor Gary Greguras
17 Aug 2015
What is leader humility? Is leader humility in Singapore the same as elsewhere? How much do Singaporeans value humble behaviour from their leaders? SMU Professor Gary Greguras investigates.
SMU Assistant Professor Hsu Wen-Tai
17 Aug 2015
SMU Assistant Professor Hsu Wen-Tai uses mathematical models to study urban landscapes and what makes big and small cities different.
SMU Associate Professor Goh Beng Wee
17 Aug 2015
SMU Associate Professor Goh Beng Wee investigates the benefits and consequences of internal controls to corporate organisations.
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17 Aug 2015
Research on financial reporting and disclosure examines issues at the heart of business, say Professors Cheng Qiang and Holly Yang from the SMU School of Accountancy.
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12 Aug 2015
Researchers in Singapore have invented an “intelligent continence management system” comprising a thin disposable sensor strip which has the potential to improve the care of elderly and bedridden patients.
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12 Aug 2015
Findings will advance our understanding of how cellular metabolism changes during aging and during rejuvenation after egg fertilisation.
05 Aug 2015
IME and industry partners overcome limitations of IC packaging to enable higher density packages for more powerful and efficient electronic systems
05 Aug 2015
Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research and Japan's Riken have marked a 10-year milestone of research partnership.
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05 Aug 2015
Findings on cell differentiation controls can advance understanding of stem cells.
29 Jul 2015
Researchers in the United Kingdom, Singapore and New Zealand are to trial the use of a combination of nutrients and probiotics before and during pregnancy in a bid to improve the health of mothers and their babies.
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29 Jul 2015
Printed Electronics is key in enabling smart packaging innovations, a fast growing market for industry.
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29 Jul 2015
A phosphorus-based ligand facilitates palladium-catalyzed coupling of challenging building blocks

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Giants in history

Maggie Lim (5 January 1913 – November 1995) was a Singaporean physician who promoted family planning and expanded the access to clinics to improve the quality of life for mothers and children in Singapore’s early days.
Gloria Lim (1930-2022) was a mycologist from Singapore who studied tropical fungi. One of the first students to attend University of Malaya when it was founded in 1949, she went on to become the first female Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Singapore.