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A research team led by Prof Liu Xiaogang from the NUS Department of Chemistry has developed a 3D imaging sensor that has an extremely high angular resolution, which is the capacity of an optical instrument to distinguish points of an object separated by a small angular distance. This allows the sensor to capture 3D images at higher depth resolution.
Research
Two gifts totalling S$8 million made recently to NUS by Mr Lin Tah Hwa will give a big push to translational research in mental health as well as attracting and retaining top academic talent in private law. NUS Medicine received a gift of S$6 million to enhance the work of the Mind Science Centre, an academic centre under the School. In recognition of the generous gift, the Centre has been named the Yeo Boon Khim Mind Science Centre, in memory of Mr Lin’s late mother. A S$2 million gift was also made to the NUS Faculty of Law to establish the Chan Sek Keong Professorship in Private Law.
General News
EU Battery Materials, a start-up co-founded by NUS Business School alumnus Bryan Oh and NUS College of Design and Engineering alumnus Kenneth Palmer and borne from the NUS Graduate Research Innovation Programme, champions the use of electricity to extract lithium from used Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries. Their innovative solution potentially reduces the need for environmentally-damaging lithium mining and addresses the problem of battery waste generated by electric vehicles.
Entrepreneurship
NUS, in partnership with Channel NewsAsia, has developed an inspirational documentary series, Innovating for the future. The series looks at how diverse talents in the University community – each leaders and luminaries in their own areas of expertise – are catalysing positive change in Singapore and beyond. The 10-part series delves into topics like ageing, finance and food to find out how the NUS faculty, students and alumni are jointly creating a better world for the future.
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Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, private residential prices in Singapore have continued to surge. The latest round of cooling measures by the Government include an increase in the additional buyer’s stamp duty (ABSD). According to Provost’s Chair Professor Sing Tien Foo from the Department of Real Estate at NUS Business School, the goals of the ABSD hikes are twofold – slow capital inflows that make Singapore residential property a hot investment asset and impose higher costs on price-sensitive local investors buying second and subsequent properties.
Recent parliament debates on President Halimah Yacob’s address highlighted the need to step up support for the disadvantaged and vulnerable segments in our society, among other priorities. To truly uplift our society, Dr Ong EeCheng from the NUS Department of Economics and Assoc Prof Irene Ng from the NUS Department of Social Work, feel that we need to bolster not just individual workers, but also their families. And the answer to this may come from the reimagination of a policy – the Workfare Income Supplement.