FOS Research

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

[ZhuLab@NUSChem @zhu_ruyi]

Excited to share another story on DNA catalysis @J_A_C_S. We harness ion-pairing interactions between DNA phosphates and sulfur ylides to access elusive cis-isomers of 1,2,3-trisubstituted cyclopropanes. @ResearchFoS Check it out: https://t.co/pjlpHLmCWH

[ZhuLab@NUSChem @zhu_ruyi]

Thrilled to share another piece on DNA catalysis @angew_chem @ResearchFoS. We harness substrates-binding induced crowdedness in DNA pocket for diverse asymmetric 3-component rxns, many of which have not been realized before. Check it out: https://t.co/aJjurhCY9H

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

NUS researchers have developed a catalyst-regeneration strategy to make hydrogen production from ammonia more efficient and reliable. By addressing a cause of catalyst degradation, the team sustained hydrogen production for over 2,000 hours in lab tests.

https://t.co/elCYEt5DYF

[ZhuLab@NUSChem @zhu_ruyi]

We love doing reactions in water, here we show a click-like reaction that runs best in water without using strained alkynes/alkenes, and is amenable for bioconjugation with DNA and peptides on @NatureComms. @ResearchFoS Check it out https://t.co/amErxM912B

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

NUS researchers found that the greater mouse-deer population on Pulau Ubin has reached the highest density recorded, likely driven by an African Swine Fever outbreak that decimated wild pigs, highlighting how disease can reshape forest ecosystems.

https://t.co/YHXXd4CnHY

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

NUS scientists have built the world's most accurate atomic clock using lutetium, measuring time to 19 decimal places. The clock's resilience to environmental changes could help redefine the second and probe unknowns in fundamental physics.

https://t.co/SfSzMtc51H

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

NUS researchers found that widely used ESG ratings often fail to reflect companies’ actual exposure to deforestation, highlighting the need to integrate satellite-based environmental data into sustainable investing frameworks.
https://t.co/qZgc4ZnJFy

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

NUS scientists in collaboration with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, have found that a class of nickel-based materials, known as Samarium (Sm)-based infinite-layer nickelates can regain their superconducting ability under strong magnetic fields.

https://t.co/Sd7jjfo0QB

[ZhuLab@NUSChem @zhu_ruyi]

Check out our organo radical nitro reduction chemistry that uncages RNA in vitro and in living cells at ultrafast speed @angew_chem. Congrats to Yiran and the team @ChemNUS @ResearchFoS! https://t.co/8ww2ntYqYw

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

NUS researchers developed AI methods that learn large-scale behaviour of complex materials from microscopic data. By identifying hidden variables capturing collective behaviour, they predict how materials evolve over time, reducing costly simulations.

https://t.co/Dm0VfTVJyg

[Jiong Lu @jionglu_NUS]

Phenalenyl-Fused Nickel(II) Norcorroles with Precisely Oxygen-Edited Skeletons: Tuning Aromaticity and Site-Selective Reactivity @NanoLetters. Many thanks to our wonderful collaborators, Prof Xian-Sheng Ke @BNU_1902, Yuanyuan He, @borylation @jishan_wu etc https://t.co/pf3h6gzjkq

[Experimental Marine Ecology Laboratory @EMEL_NUS]

🔬Microplastics are showing up in coral reef sediment & water across Singapore's urban reefs (🧴🎣). Our study shows abundance is associated with fine sediments & low water energy, not coral cover or reef rugosity — sheltered reefs may be most at risk! 🪸 https://t.co/IlpQviMmct

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

NUS food scientists have used machine learning to sift through over 2,300 scent molecules from aromatic plants and identify compounds with sleep-promoting potential, an approach that could accelerate the discovery of natural sleep aids.

https://t.co/nr66EtABiy

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

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

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

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

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

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

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

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

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

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

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

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

[FOS Research @ResearchFoS]

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

https://t.co/2lLBMHlbWk