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Incorporating tiny forests in the neighborhood of Singapore – Opportunities and Challenges, Nature-based Solutions, 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2024.100193

LKYCIC is pleased to announce that Dr Belinda Yuen has been appointed to Milan Pact Awards 2022 evaluation committee by city of Milan. She is also science reviewer in WWTF- Vienna Science and Technology Fund (Austria) in field of public health. LKYCIC is pleased to announce that Dr Belinda Yuen has been appointed to Milan Pact Awards 2022 evaluation committee by city of Milan. She is also science reviewer in WWTF- Vienna Science and Technology Fund (Austria) in field of public health.

In their paper “Unidirectional chiral emission via twisted bi-layer metasurfaces”, Associate Prof Wu Lin and her team set out to bridge this gap. The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.

Post-doctoral research fellows Shane Kyi Hla Win and Danial Sufiyan Shaiful were inspired to replicate this movement in a piece of technology that can reduce the electronic waste generated in weather forecasting.

Singapore will allow up to 20,000 more vehicles to hit the roads over the next few years, which is around two per cent of the current total. Additional certificates of entitlement (COEs) will be introduced over time across all categories from next February. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Samuel Chng, Research Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, SUTD, to examine the impact on demand with these extra COEs.

Planning Education: Its Evolution and Relevance, Knowledge Project 1.0 Vol.2. Singapore Institute of Planners, Singapore.

The competition bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical innovation, highlighting the students’ ability to solve contemporary issues. SMT lecturer Dr Xue Hansong, who was one of the judges, shared “The winning teams chose energy-efficiency related projects, this reflects a growing recognition of the importance of sustainable practices in preserving the environment.”

A while ago, I met an elderly lady on a plane — a vibrant and energetic grandmother. The flight attendant gently held her hand and slowly guided her to the empty seat next to me, kindly reassuring her that once we landed, staff would assist her in disembarking, collecting her luggage, and helping her through customs. I noticed she was traveling alone, so I struck up a conversation with her. She told me that she was nearly 90 years old but still often flew alone for 3.5 hours to visit her children who lived abroad. I was deeply impressed by her independence and strong will.

To enhance the life quality of patients with sleep disordered breathing, researchers and clinicians led by an SUTD scientist used computational modelling to design custom-fit masks that have improved positive airway pressure treatment.

Regarding the Government’s plans to grow the nation’s proficiency in AI, Mr Chan cited a discussion he had with SUTD – “I gave them a challenge: Can SUTD be an institution unique in the world where you can have the best of both the American and Chinese (AI) models working side by side?”