Singapore: inside-out vs outside-in
Taiwan's supply chains for the semiconductor and ICT industries have grown into global powerhouses after almost five decades of hard work. The importance of contract manufacturing had been underestimated, but now it is a global focus: this is "inside.....»»
Tim Cook leaves Singapore after week-long Asia tour
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been posting an account of his last few meetings with officials, users, and students from his Singapore visit.Tim Cook in Singapore (Source: Apple)Tim Cook began the week in Vietnam, then spent Wednesday in Indonesia, and round.....»»
Apple Singapore campus getting two more buildings for new AI work
We’re expecting 2024 to be the year Apple builds generative AI features into iOS 18, and the company has announced a $250M investment to support ongoing work in this field. The Apple Singapore campus is growing from one building to three, to provid.....»»
Tim Cook visits Singapore as Apple invests in a $250 million AI campus expansion
CEO Tim Cook has continued his tour of Asia by visiting Singapore, where he announced that Apple will spend $250 million to expand its existing campus there.Apple Marina Bay Sands store, SingaporeApple does not release Tim Cook's schedule in advance,.....»»
Tim Cook visits Singapore as Apple invests $250 million
CEO Tim Cook has continued his tour of Asia by visiting Singapore, where he announced that Apple will spend $250 million to expand its existing campus there.Apple Marina Bay Sands store, SingaporeApple does not release Tim Cook's schedule in advance,.....»»
Plant sensors could act as an early warning system for farmers
Using a pair of sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers from MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) have discovered signals that reveal when plans are experiencing stresses such as heat, light, or attack from i.....»»
Beyond equilibrium: Scientists investigate Floquet Fermi liquids
Researchers from Germany and Singapore have studied a non-equilibrium state of Fermi liquids called the Floquet Fermi liquid (FFL), which is formed when Fermi liquids are subjected to a periodic driving force and kept in contact with a fermionic bath.....»»
A magnetic nanographene butterfly poised to advance quantum technologies
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new design concept for creating next-generation carbon-based quantum materials, in the form of a tiny magnetic nanographene with a unique butterfly-shape hosting highly corr.....»»
Researchers develop method to extract useful proteins from beer-brewing leftovers
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have created a method that extracts more than 80% of the available protein in grain leftovers from brewing beer, commonly known as brewers' spent grain......»»
Scientists develop ultra-thin semiconductor fibers that turn fabrics into wearable electronics
Scientists from NTU Singapore have developed ultra-thin semiconductor fibers that can be woven into fabrics, turning them into smart wearable electronics. Their work has been published in the journal Nature......»»
New method uses enantioselective nickel catalysis to synthesize multifunctional chiral alkylboron compounds
National University of Singapore (NUS) chemists have conceived a strategy using chiral nickel catalysts to facilitate the carboboration of alkenes, generating high-value enantioenriched alkylboronic esters......»»
Apple Developer Center Singapore offers sessions, labs, and workshops to devs across the region
Apple recently launched its first Developer Center in Singapore, which will provide customized resources and expert guidance to the region's diverse app development community.The center aims to support Southeast Asia's thriving developer community, w.....»»
Mapping out a novel way to assess the effectiveness of development aid
Assessing the effectiveness of international aid across Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous country and an archipelago of around 17,000 islands, is no easy task. But that has not deterred Singapore Management University Assistant Professor of.....»»
Solving Singapore"s urban heat island effect
According to Singapore's Meteorological Service, Singapore has been warming up twice as fast compared to the rest of the world......»»
Photon upconversion: Steering light with supercritical coupling
National University of Singapore researchers and their collaborators have unveiled a novel concept termed "supercritical coupling" that enables a several-fold increase in photon upconversion efficiency. This discovery not only challenges existing par.....»»
A manifold fitting approach for high-dimensional data reduction beyond Euclidean space
Statisticians from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have introduced a new technique that accurately describes high-dimensional data using lower-dimensional smooth structures. This innovation marks a significant step forward in addressing th.....»»
Team develops new way to generate powerful and focused X-rays using electron waveshaping
Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed and simulated a new energy-efficient way to generate highly focused and finely controlled X-rays that are up to a thousand times more intense than those from.....»»
Anisotropic plasmon engineering unlocks multilevel polarized upconversion
National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers have introduced an upconversion plasmonphore platform to enable precise control over the polarization of isotropic upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs). This is achieved by coupling upconversion activa.....»»
Crime Blotter: Thief taunts London man via Ring after stealing iPhone
In the latest Apple Crime Blotter, a Singapore intern is sentenced after breaking into an Apple office, the LAPD has a cache of Apple products, and a "crime trifecta" in San Francisco.The Apple Store on Chestnut Street in San Francisco The latest in.....»»
New method of cultivating human norovirus using zebrafish embryo
Food virologists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully propagated the human norovirus using zebrafish embryos, providing a valuable platform to assess the effectiveness of virus inactivation for the water treatment and foo.....»»
Singapore"s species extinction rate found to be 37% over the past 200 years
A multi-institutional team of biologists and life and environmental scientists has found that Singapore's rate of plant and animal extinction over the past 200 years is approximately 37%. This finding is published in the Proceedings of the National A.....»»