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Gov Monitor, 2 Mar 2011The Italian FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) and the Agency for Science and Technology of Singapore (A*STAR) have announced the launch of the IFOM-p53 Lab Joint Research Laboratory for cancer research in Singapore.The activities of the IFOM-p53Lab Joint Research Laboratory will focus on new targeted therapies against cancer. Full story

Insciences.org, 28 Feb 2011Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) scientists under the Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore are part of an international team of researchers1 who became the first in the world to discover the gene behind a rare skin cancer which grows rapidly for a few weeks before healing spontaneously, according to research published in Nature Genetics2

Sify News, 23 Feb 2011The stress of an unemployed spouse can affect the productivity and home life of the employed partner, according to a new study.University of Colorado Boulder associate professor Maw-Der Foo, who studies employee workplace issues and interpersonal relationships, and lead author Professor Zhaoli Song of the National University of Singapore examined married couples in Shenyang,

Focus Taiwan News Channel, 21 Feb 2011Taipei, Feb. 21 (CNA) Singapore's leading science agency signed an agreement with two Taiwan hospitals Monday to improve bilateral cooperation in medical technology.The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) , the Singapore's government scientific research institution, will work in partnership with National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) and

BBC News, 21 Feb 2011A device which can be worn like a watch could revolutionise the way blood pressure is monitored in the next few years, scientists say.Researchers at the University of Leicester and in Singapore have developed a device to measure pressure in the largest artery in the body.Evidence shows it gives a much more accurate reading than the arm cuff. Full storyRelated:Blood Pressure

TopNews United States, 15 Feb 2011According to the scientists in Singapore, there has been a discovery made in the country that can help in curing Chikangunya. There has been the discovery of a monoclonal set of antibodies that can help in forming a vaccine for the disease. This is a deadly disease, to which there wasn’t a vaccine available as yet. The startling discovery can serve as a base

PR-USA.net, 14 Feb 2011The Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has entered into the second phase of a research and development (R&D) agreement with Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Joseph Fourier (UJF) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) for their joint laboratory in

ScandAsia.com, 13 Feb 2011Singapore-based scientist Guillaume Drillet received on Thursday 27 January 2011 about three-and-a-half million Danish kroner for his research on live feed for aquaculture. He is going to spend them on figuring out why copepods get stressed and die. Full story

ZDNet Asia, 17 Jan 2011Researchers in Singapore have succeeded in incorporating graphene into the anode of a lithium-ion battery, a breakthrough that could dramatically improve the life expectancy of an individual battery, and pave the way for higher capacity batteries, capable of providing more power to a device. Full story

Gov Monitor, 9 Jan 2011The Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R) and Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd (ETPL), both units of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), have entered into a research and development (R&D) agreement with Huawei to co-develop new areas of infocomm technologies in Singapore.Under the agreement, I²R and ETPL will work with Huawei on a number of

Malaysia Sun, 8 Jan 2011Singapore is red-hot when it comes to harnessing the sun's energy. Amid concern over climate change, use of solar energy has grown, but pricey solar cells are vulnerable to water damage.Enter a weatherproof film invented by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research.The Tera-Barrier film has drawn investment from solar equipment giant Applied Materials. Full story

Physicsworld.comGeorge Barbastathis and co-workers at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) in Singapore made their cloak by gluing together two pieces of calcite with differently oriented optical axes. These orientations were fixed such that light waves with a given polarization that bounce off a wedge-shaped object placed underneath the cloak emerge travelling in the

Bernama.com, 29 Dec 2010YANGON, Dec 29 (Bernama) -- Singapore and Japan have made more proposals to study Myanmar's earthquake belt in next year to help the country deal with disaster mitigation problem, China's Xinhua news agency quoted the Myanmar Newsweek's report Wednesday.Besides the professors from the Nanyang University of Singapore and the Tokyo University from Japan, those from Chinese

Xinhua, 27 Dec 2010SINGAPORE, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Scientists from Singapore and the United States have designed an automated approach to identify dangerous changes in the genome of the influenza virus with high accuracy and sensitivity, Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research said on Monday. According to the agency, available freely as a software package called

WorldTribune.com, 24 Dec 2010TEL AVIV — Israel and Singapore have launched a program to use nanotechnology to enhance energy efficiency. The two countries, regarded as close military allies, have begun a five-year program to develop nanomaterial to increase the efficiency of energy and water management. Full story

Eco-business.com, 17 Dec 2010Singapore, December 17 – IBM Singapore’s managing director Teresa Lim today announced the launch of IBM’s seventh research ‘collaboratory’ at an official signing ceremony with Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) and Land Transport Authority (LTA).The Smarter Cities Research Collaboratory, called ‘Collab’ for short, will focus on using advanced technology on

Bernama.com, 14 Dec 2010SINGAPORE, Dec 14 (Bernama) -- A team of local scientists has discovered two genes from the collagen family which demonstrated strong association with central corneal thickness (CCT), a risk factor of glaucoma, the most common cause of irreversible blindness worldwide.Singapore's Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) said today the identification of genetic

Israel21c.org, 14 Dec 2010Israeli scientists are collaborating with counterparts in Singapore to develop new nanomaterials to enhance the efficiency of existing energy and water management technologies.Magdassi and Marks are partnering with Prof. Ma Jan of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to head up a new research center focusing on energy efficiency, as part of Singapore's

Nature.com, 8 Dec 2010Uncertainty has replaced confidence as economic reality bites science in the city-state and scientists find that their research funds now come with strings attached.Rumours of purse-tightening measures have grown over the past year, but researchers in the city-state were still stunned by the news in September that almost one-third of the total research budget will be

Nanowerk.com, 7 Dec 2010Two recipients of the inaugural defence fellowships granted by Singapore's Ministry of Defence have chosen to further their research at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).The inaugural Temasek Research Fellowship will be awarded to Dr Oleg Vasylkiv, 42, a Ukrainian scientist who is regarded as a rising star in the cutting-edge field of materials science. Singaporean