Centuries-old shipwrecks found off Singapore
Two centuries-old shipwrecks packed with ceramics and other artifacts have been found off Singapore in a rare discovery that will shed light on the city-state's maritime heritage, archaeologists said Wednesday......»»
A new tool for your laptop could help fend off eavesdroppers
Device in development in Singapore and Korea may be a world-first, but there's still a long way to go yet......»»
Building a successful cybersecurity business, one client at a time
Rahul Sasi is the founder and CEO of CloudSEK, which leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to combat cyber threats. The Singapore-headquartered company was founded in 2015, and raised a $7 million in Series A investment led by MassMu.....»»
SEA roundup: AMD to increase R&D spending in Singapore
AMD is looking for an R&D expansion in Singapore amid Asia supply chain relocation. BYD and Tesla are increasing their investment in Thailand......»»
SEA roundup: Continental to deepen advanced technology cooperation in Singapore
Germany-based Continental is expanding its AI and big data analytics cooperation with Singaporean partners. Singapore is wooing talent with a new visa scheme in an era when Southeast Asia is facing a talent shortage......»»
Black hole-inspired thermal trapping with graded heat-conduction metadevices
Jiping Huang's group (Department of physics, Fudan University) and Cheng-Wei Qiu's group (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore) collaborated to complete this study published in National Science Review. T.....»»
Microneedles unlock curcumin"s therapeutic potential
While turmeric root has been used medicinally throughout the world for centuries, science has found that its main chemical component, curcumin, breaks down in the body before its ultimate benefits can be achieved. An exciting collaboration among Carn.....»»
Extreme debtors may accumulate debt due to inflated sense of self-control
A first-of-its-kind study led by Associate Professor Jia Lile from the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences found that extreme debtors have a low capacity to regulate their behavio.....»»
Extreme heat uncovers lost villages, ancient ruins and shipwrecks
Extreme heat this year has triggered wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. Less expectedly, it's also revealed some weird and dark things about our past—shipwrecks, corpses, ghost villages, ornamental gardens and ancient cities. Here's a look at.....»»
Humans have totally altered small mammal communities in just a few centuries
Researchers have found that small mammal communities today are fundamentally different from even a few centuries ago, during North America's pre-colonial past. They identified small mammal remains from the Anthropocene and archaeological Holocene alo.....»»
Cryptocurrency emerges, however, from utter chaos in SEA
Cryptocurrency has been on a red alert as of late with recent policy changes in Singapore while Thailand allows the central bank to be more involved with digital currencies......»»
World"s biggest ice sheet could cause massive sea rise without action: study
The world's biggest ice sheet could cause "several meters" of sea-level rise over centuries if the global temperature rises more than 2°C, according to a British study published Wednesday......»»
Swiss mountain pass set to lose all ice within weeks
The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have melted away completely within a few weeks, a ski resort said Thursday......»»
Apple celebrates 40 years in Australia with new energy and education initiatives
Tim Cook has announced a series of grants, coding opportunities, and renewable energy goals as Apple marks its fourth decade in Australia.Just as it did with 40 years in France, and then in Singapore, Apple has chosen to celebrate its Australia anniv.....»»
One more clue to the moon"s origin
Humankind has maintained an enduring fascination with the moon. It was not until Galileo's time, however, that scientists really began study it. Over the course of nearly five centuries, researchers put forward numerous, much debated theories as to h.....»»
How centuries of self-isolation turned Japan into one of the most sustainable societies on Earth
At the start of the 1600s, Japan's rulers feared that Christianity—which had recently been introduced to the southern parts of the country by European missionaries—would spread. In response, they effectively sealed the islands off from the outsid.....»»
Oft-overlooked grasslands build biodiversity, resilience over centuries
Grasslands' biodiversity and resilience to disturbances such as fire, heat and drought is the result of a slow process over hundreds of years, like that of old growth forests, finds new CU Boulder-led research......»»
Ultrathin 2D cuprate with active periodic copper single sites, a new catalyst for Chan-lam coupling
This study is led by Dr. Lu Jiong from National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with Dr. Koh Ming Joo (NUS), Dr. Chun Zhang (NUS) and Dr. Honghan Fei from (Tongji University). This team has devised a ligand exchange strategy to exfoli.....»»
Rare glacier research notebooks now available digitally
Over 140 documents from notebooks and reports that feature first-person accounts of glacial landscapes from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are now available to the public through the CU Digital Library......»»
Humanoid diving robot explores shipwrecks on the bottom of the ocean
A diving robot explores shipwrecks and sunken planes in a way that humans can't. But OceanOneK's 3D vision and touch-based feedback allows people to feel like they're underwater with the robot......»»
The Mystery of Milky Seas Is Finally Being Solved
Scientists are uncovering more about an eerie phenomenon that has bewildered seafarers for centuries.....»»