FOS Research

Showcasing the amazing research at Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore.

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NUS researchers have developed a computation-guided strategy to produce urea more efficiently from carbon dioxide and nitrate. They identified a catalyst that maintains high urea selectivity at practical current densities.

https://t.co/tmk7LdwJUM

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NUS researchers have developed an AI-guided workflow that combines AI with molecular simulations to identify potential drug candidates for diabetic wound healing, identifying folic acid, a common vitamin, as a top candidate.

https://t.co/Kf3sjEbMml

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NUS researchers have discovered that cancer cells do not simply push through surrounding tissues to spread, but instead actively grip onto protective tissue barriers and pull them apart, revealing a fundamentally new mechanism of cancer invasion.

https://t.co/sVoDt3C63J

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NUS researchers have developed a predictive strategy for graphene-like molecules with multiple interacting spins and resilience to magnetic perturbations, opening avenues for molecular-scale quantum information technologies and next-generation spintronics.
https://t.co/NvgdMwykje

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NUS mathematicians and their collaborators have established a precise form of a conjectural duality, known as Relative Langlands duality, for an important class of mathematical spaces.

https://t.co/06S2XRwWA2

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NUS researchers have built a molecular “leash” to pull directly on a force-sensing protein called Piezo1, and discovered it switches on at about 15 piconewtons, proving that it can be activated by physical tethers, not only by membrane deformation.

https://t.co/3YaDh8qN6W

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NUS scientists have collaborated with the Health Science Authority on the investigation of biomarkers of synthetic cannabinoids.

https://t.co/2lLBMHlbWk

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NUS researchers have developed a boron-catalysed method to transform oxetanes into larger, medicinally relevant 1,3-oxazinanes by the selective insertion of two building blocks, a carbon unit and a nitrogen unit.

https://t.co/3rPFo5Z0Fx

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NUS scientists have developed a biochemical technique that captures fleeting “handshakes” between newly made proteins and the cellular helpers. These interactions can determine whether a protein turns out healthy and useful.

https://t.co/t4KWtZfhYw

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NUS biologists have uncovered how the protein NuSAP safeguards tiny structures inside cells called centrioles, revealing a mechanism linked to developmental disorders such as microcephaly and mosaic variegated aneuploidy (MVA) syndrome.

https://t.co/CSFvazVFkl

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NUS researchers have identified a protein called tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) as a potential “switch” that can modulate a type of cancer cell death known as immunogenic cell death.

https://t.co/sZzOLYtaUn

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NUS Researchers have developed CellScope, a high-performance single-cell analysis framework that uses manifold fitting to analyse single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data.

https://t.co/6EmlJS1KJv

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NUS researchers have developed a “capping-and-coupling” strategy to transform naturally occurring (native) sugars directly into compounds known as C-heteroaryl glycosides.

https://t.co/4hmw2FiIu5

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NUS scientists have discovered that atomic-scale substitutional dopants in ultra-thin 2D materials can act as stable quantum systems operating at terahertz frequencies.
https://t.co/ZWtNivugcA

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NUS chemists have developed a single-atom photocatalytic strategy that enables oxidant-free cross-dehydrogenative coupling reactions between ring-shaped aromatic molecules ((hetero)arenes) and nucleophiles.

https://t.co/cNDWZplmB2

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NUS researchers have developed an electrochemical reaction manifold that promotes efficient nitrogen atom insertion into saturated carbocycles to access either functionalised quinolines or N-alkylated saturated N heterocycles.

https://t.co/jRfDIP7AGe

[Experimental Marine Ecology Laboratory @EMEL_NUS]

🆕📢 We are excited to present the first multi-matrix study of MP in Singapore’s coral reefs.
Our low detected levels show that urban reefs aren’t always MP hotspots! 🪸✨
https://t.co/u2NUjSFnW6 (50-day free access)

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NUS chemists have developed a methodology to enable coupling reactions for the growth of crystalline porous covalent organic frameworks, unlocking a new class of semiconducting magnets.

https://t.co/EQJo8VDtlo

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NUS scientists have developed a more heat-resistant material that keeps next-generation solar cells running more efficiently to enable durable, high-output solar panels.

https://t.co/5XA8bCwmNY

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NUS researchers and partner universities in China have achieved highly efficient electroluminescence from lanthanide nanocrystals, paving the way for durable, tunable light technologies

https://t.co/Eo5mknLctn