Science

T Rex sells for record US$50 million at Sotheby’s auction

2026-07-15T08:25:19.000Z
The galactic centre of the Milky Way. Scientists think sugar could have been delivered to Earth by asteroid and comet impacts early in the planet’s history.

A sweet surprise: scientists find sugar deep in our galaxy

2026-07-14T08:21:18.000Z
ChemLex has also signed an MOU with the Experimental Drug Development Centre. At the signing ceremony were Sean Lin (seated, left), founder and CEO of the startup, and Prof Damian O’Connell (seated, right), CEO of EDDC.

Chemistry AI startup ChemLex raises US$45 million, sets up global HQ in Singapore

2025-12-07T21:00:00.000Z
Changing plant composition may also affect our ability to bake bread or make pasta.

Climate change is affecting our food – and not for the better

2025-12-05T23:00:00.000Z
China will reach parity with the US in 2027 or 2028, the point at which both sides lead an equal share of joint research.

China closing in on US as leader in global science, study shows

2025-10-29T02:29:00.000Z
Desktop sequencer MiSeq i100 is developed and manufactured in the Woodlands facility.

Genomics giant Illumina to boost Singapore headcount by 25%, doubles down on local R&D

2025-10-20T23:00:00.000Z
The Nobel physics prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and includes a prize sum totalling 11 million Swedish crowns  that is shared among the winners.

Trio win Nobel prize for revealing quantum physics in action

2025-10-08T03:35:10.000Z
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan (left) with OceanX founder Ray Dalio at the launch of the OceanX-NUS expedition.

Billionaire Ray Dalio backs Singapore-led mission to map oceans

2025-10-07T08:22:30.000Z
Born in London on Apr 3, 1934, Goodall grew fascinated with animals in her early childhood, when her father gave her a stuffed toy chimpanzee that she kept for life.
OBITUARY

World-renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

2025-10-02T02:19:28.000Z
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University say that they solved the problem of the extra set of chromosomes by inducing a process they call mitomeiosis.

Scientists create human eggs using skin cells

2025-10-01T03:31:00.000Z