Science
Chemistry AI startup ChemLex raises US$45 million, sets up global HQ in Singapore
The funds will be used to hire more hardware and software engineers as well as chemists in the city-state
Climate change is affecting our food – and not for the better
What happens when crops grow with more carbon dioxide?
China closing in on US as leader in global science, study shows
Chinese researchers are expected to achieve leadership parity with the US before 2030
Genomics giant Illumina to boost Singapore headcount by 25%, doubles down on local R&D
US-based company is developing next-generation sequencers, using AI models in the Republic to speed up diagnostics and lower healthcare costs
Trio win Nobel prize for revealing quantum physics in action
Past winners of the Nobel physics prize include some of the most influential figures in the history of science, such as Albert Einstein
Billionaire Ray Dalio backs Singapore-led mission to map oceans
BILLIONAIRE Ray Dalio’s philanthropic arm is backing new research in the Indian Ocean to bolster marine protection after nations pledged to curb exploitation of the deep seas.
World-renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
The British primatologist’s most famous finding is that chimpanzees use grass stalks and twigs as tools to fish termites from their mounds
Scientists create human eggs using skin cells
The process involves removing the nucleus from a woman’s skin cell and inserting it into an egg, or oocyte, from which the nucleus has been removed
Scientists find possible artefacts of oldest known Wallacean hominids in Indonesia
Wallacea is a region in Eastern Indonesia that lie between Borneo and Java and Australia and New Guinea
This isn’t how you ‘restore gold standard’ science
President Trump’s executive order is really about giving government officials the power to reject any scientific evidence they disagree with
