Singapore

Bioinspired carbon anodes enable high performance in lithium-ion batteries.

Collaborative research with undergraduate students in Singapore is investigating different topics in social sciences: from signed ties - positive or negative relationships within a social network - to migrant workers' mental health.

Exchange rates do not only affect the global competitiveness of a country’s exports, but also contribute to the stability of its trading and investment environment. A study from Singapore looks at how Asian countries manage their currencies, and the impact of these policies on their economies.

Research from Singapore examines the impact of financial accounting standards on how managers and firms act and how reliable the information they disseminate is. The ultimate purpose is to help people solve economic problems.

By examining private transactions that connect two or more countries, a study from Singapore aims to shed light on how globalisation has affected the practice of private international law. In particular, it is looking at whether Singapore courts should recognise and enforce a judgement handed down from class litigation in the US.

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.

Knowledge and resources sharing among scientists will enhance research work and translate findings from the bench to the clinics.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This research from Singapore aims to help businesses in Asia translate intellectual property rights into innovation and economic gains.

Mutants of a common fungus produce endoxylanase enzymes twice as potent as the original strain.

Using normal graphics processors, a new program for identifying repeated patterns in complex networks significantly boosts search performance.

Simulations show why platinum nanoparticles become less effective catalysts at small sizes

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

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 studies how language shapes our ability to process information.

SMU Assistant Professor Song Jiyoung works on migration management, a multidisciplinary field that helps vulnerable migrants and mobile populations.

SMU Assistant Professor Travis Chow studies how tax influences the behaviour of companies and their shareholders.

Deciphering real world issues in economics is like solving a Rubik’s Cube, says SMU Assistant Professor Zhang Haiping.

Researchers at the SMU School of Economics are studying how education and trade form two basic pillars of a robust economy.

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.

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 uses mathematical models to study urban landscapes and what makes big and small cities different.

SMU Associate Professor Goh Beng Wee investigates the benefits and consequences of internal controls to corporate organisations.

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.

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.

Findings will advance our understanding of how cellular metabolism changes during aging and during rejuvenation after egg fertilisation.

IME and industry partners overcome limitations of IC packaging to enable higher density packages for more powerful and efficient electronic systems