On 28 March, postgraduate students, alumni, and industry professionals gathered for an engaging afternoon at the inaugural Postgraduate Alumni Networking & Industry Engagement event. The event provided a valuable platform for students to connect with alumni...
Plant Defence: How Bacteria Hijack Molecular “Clumps”
In an era where global food security is a pressing concern, our researchers from Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) School of Biological Sciences (SBS) are making groundbreaking discoveries in plant immunity. Plant diseases caused by pathogens pose a significant...
Acidic oceans delayed the emergence of life on early earth
How did life begin on Earth? What were those conditions like? These are just some questions that scientists studying the origins of life on early Earth have been grappling with for many years. It turns out, that answer lies in understanding Earth’s early oceans. A...
Revealing the Hidden Science of Seed Development
Seed development is one of nature’s most remarkable processes, ensuring the continuation of plant life and securing global food production. However, for seeds to grow properly, they need a constant supply of nutrients, which are transported through a specialised...
Exploring the World: SPMS Students Share Their GEM Explorer Exchange Experiences
At the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS), we believe that global experiences are invaluable for personal and academic growth. Through the GEM Explorer Financial Assistance, students can embark on enriching exchange programmes without the heavy weight...
A new algorithm for DNA sequence alignment
A team of scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) and NTU School of Biological Sciences (SBS), has developed a new DNA sequence alignment algorithm that is faster and more accurate than existing methods....
CoS Day 2025
The College recently celebrated its College of Science (CoS) Day 2025 on 21 January. An annual tradition that started more than a decade ago, CoS Day brings together students from the College’s four Schools: Asian School of the Environment (ASE), School of Biological...
Rising sea levels: a nuanced approach
Writing in the scientific journal Earth’s Future, Dr. Benjamin Grandey, a Senior Research Fellow, and Professor Chew Lock Yue both at the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (SPMS) at NTU Singapore, together with collaborators present a novel approach that combines both ice-sheet modelling as well as expert assessment into a single projection.
Making & Tinkering Exhibition 2024
The College of Science held the annual Making and Tinkering (M&T) exhibition on 6 and 7 December 2024, which showcased innovative projects from students in the CoS M&T course. The projects are a culmination of students’ efforts over the last semester to...
2024 Singapore International TCM Clinical Heritage Lecture Series
On December 15, 2024, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Chinese Medicine successfully hosted the 2024 Singapore International TCM Clinical Heritage Lecture Series. Themed “Inheritance of Lingnan Luo’s Gynecology and Advances in Gynecological Disease Treatment,”...