Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)

Yellen says regulators, institutions should deepen AI awareness

2024-02-06T14:17:24.000Z
Christopher Pissarides, professor of economics at the London School of Economics, says jobs requiring more traditional face-to-face skills, such as in hospitality and healthcare, will still dominate the jobs market. 

Nobel prize winner cautions against rush into Stem after rise of AI

2024-01-02T11:23:59.000Z
For Starship’s next test flight, SpaceX will do something called hot staging, a technique where the engines on the upper Starship vehicle will ignite while the Super Heavy booster is still attached – pushing the booster away.

SpaceX fires up Starship rocket engines in key test

2023-08-26T02:13:11.000Z
Shares of Corning, whose Gorilla glass for smartphones is used by companies such as Apple (above) and Samsung Electronics, were down nearly 1.5 per cent before the bell.

Apple supplier Corning Q3 revenue forecast hit by consumer electronics slump

2023-07-25T14:47:12.000Z
Siemens is ramping up investment internationally in new high-tech factories, innovation labs and education centres to expand its leadership in the areas of digitalisation, automation and sustainability.

Siemens to invest 200 million euros in new Singapore plant, create over 400 jobs

2023-06-15T07:06:51.000Z
Saudi officials have pressed international companies to invest in the kingdom and move their regional headquarters to Riyadh, in order to benefit from government contracts.

Saudi Arabia says tech giants to invest more than US$9b in kingdom

2023-02-06T14:01:54.000Z
The proposed reforms have brought tens of thousands onto the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities, over fears that they will politicise the judiciary and compromise its independence.

Israeli justice reforms spark tech investor flight fears

2023-01-27T13:39:55.000Z
This investment comes as part of ComfortDelGro’s strategy to grow its business in core land transport areas.

ComfortDelGro invests US$4m in Israeli software company

2023-01-11T00:29:04.000Z
In a brief moment lasting less than 100 trillionths of a second, 2.05 megajoules of energy – roughly the equivalent of a pound of TNT – bombarded a hydrogen pellet in a small cylinder.

Scientists achieve nuclear fusion breakthrough with blast of 192 lasers

2022-12-13T16:17:53.000Z
Clockwise from left: Australia's Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic and Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, witness the signing of the Australia- Singapore Synchrotron Access Agreement by Prof Chen Tsuhan, deputy president of the National University of Singapore, and Shaun Jenkinson, chief executive officer of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.

Singapore launches S$16m particle accelerator programme; signs access agreement with Australia

2022-10-18T03:00:00.000Z