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Technology

NUS Study Shows Robot Vacuum Cleaners Can Be Hacked to Spy on People

By modifying LiDAR sensors on robot vacuum cleaners, hackers can use it for LidarPhone attack and listen to private conservation for extracting sensitive information

Dec 7, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Cybersecurity

Technology

AI and VR Tech Redesigning 'Practicals' for Singapore Medical Students Amid Coronavirus

Medical students at NUS are using VR technology for practical classes while NTU and SMU are offering AI-based lesson recommendation

Sep 23, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Artificial intelligence NTU

Science

NUS-GIS Scientists Develop Artificial Liver from Stem Cells to Help Devise Therapies for NAFLD

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common disease that affects 25 percent of the world population and one third in Singapore but it has no cure

Jul 15, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Politics

5 Candidates to Watch Out For in Singapore GE2020

While it will be the first real test for Deputy PM Heng Swee Keat, from the opposition, Pritam Singh, Dr Tan Cheng Bock, Jamus Lim and Paul Tambyah have impressed the voters

Jul 3, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Society

Fact Check: Dy PM Heng Didn't Say Singapore Should Plan to Increase Its Population to 10 Million

While Heng Swee Keat was targetted for a wrong claim on Singapore's population target, Vivian Balakrishnan's debate was called 'unfair'

Jul 2, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

NTU

Politics

Singapore GE2020: Tan Cheng Bock Calls for Calm After PSP Posters Vandalized in Chua Chu Kang GRC

PSP posters were torn down from poles and vandalized in Chua Chu Kang GRC as the campaign trail heats up ahead of July 10 vote

Jul 1, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Politics

Singapore GE2020: Can NUS Student Choo Shaun Ming Fight Against Formidable PAP Line-Up in Chua Chu Kang?

PSP's Ming is the youngest candidate in the GE2020 and faces a tough challenge from PAP line-up that includes Health Minister Gan Kim Yong

Jun 30, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Politics

Singapore General Election: Who is Choo Shaun Ming? NUS Law Student Becomes Youngest Candidate

The 23-year-old wants to be the voice of the younger generation of the city-state and bring a change in policies that negatively impact them

Jun 24, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Society

Adult Film Star Johnny Sins Congratulates Graduating NUS Students

A Facebook user claims to have requested the American popular adult film star to congratulate his friends

Jun 21, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Crime

Bing Liu murder: Fatal shooting of Chinese Coronavirus researcher on US fuels wild theories

University of Pittsburgh Bing Liu's connection to Coronavirus research sparked speculation that it was a planned assassination, while police say it was a murder-suicide

May 7, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Society

Pennsylvania researcher Bing Liu, who was into 'very significant' Coronavirus findings, shot dead, why?

Bing Liu, 37 a medical researcher for the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine involved making very significant COVID-19, found shot dead in Pennsylvania

May 6, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

The Taliabu grasshopper-warbler is one of the new bird species discovered by the NUS-LIPI team led by Associate Professor Frank Rheindt, during their expedition in Indonesia's Wallacea region.

Science

NUS-led research discovers 10 new bird species in Wallacea, feared to have been extinct

National University of Singapore (NUS) and University of Sheffield researchers found new species of birds in Wallacea region

Jan 14, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Malaysian storekeeper jailed six months for molesting seven-year-old girl

Crime

Singapore student molestation cases 2019: NUS, NTU and SMU aim to ensure safety

An SMU student was arrested and recently charged court for allegedly molesting a 21-year-old woman inside the campus

Dec 31, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

NTU Singapore crime

A view of the Nanyang Technological University campus in Singapore August 2, 2016.

Crime

NTU Peeping Tom case: Student expelled for allegedly recording video of woman in shower

The 17-year-old Chinese national expelled from NTU after he tried to record a video of a woman by using his phone

Dec 6, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore crime NTU

Crime

Former NUS lecturer sentenced to 14-week jail term for molesting girl student in campus shuttle

The incident happened on the NUS shuttle bus service A1 along Lower Kent Ridge Road on Jan 14, 2019

Oct 18, 2019

By Soorya Kiran NN

Crime

Man allegedly stalks NUS student, tries to take upskirt photos near Kent Ridge MRT

The NUS student took this issue to social media and filled a police complaint against the stalker who tried to take her upskirt photos.

Oct 11, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore crime

New initiative between EU & Singapore set to inspire more scientific collaboration

Society

New opportunities unfold for Singaporean scientists to join ERC team in Europe

Top researchers from the National Research Foundation Singapore encouraged to gain experience in ERC teams in Europe

Oct 8, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Education NTU

This corallimorpharian (Corynactis sp.) with tentacles and mouth protruding was found at Pulau Ubin as part of a study to establish the diversity and distribution of corallimorpharians in Singapore.

Science

NUS researchers stumble upon 2 new coral species while exploring 'Naked' corals in Singapore

While the coral reefs are dying due to global warming, Singapore researchers studied the biodiversity of the naked corals.

Sep 19, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Health

New NUS study reveals that drinking tea can make your brain healthier

NUS and two more universities, the University of Essex and the University of Cambridge, collaborated to find out the effects of tea on the human brain.

Sep 13, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

NUS study disproves old belief, says apes too follow each other's gaze like humans

The researchers from the National University of Singapore and two more institutions conducted a new study to find similarities between human and apes gaze.

Sep 4, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Education

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