The School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences warmly congratulates the Class of 2021. Every year, academic prizes are awarded to outstanding graduate students from different disciplines. Here are the winners for this year: Graduate College Research Excellence Award...
In May2021, a team of four undergraduate students represented NTU and Singapore in PLANCKS, an international physics competition for undergraduate and masters students. After a 36-hour problem-solving marathon, the team placed 21st out of 50 participating teams worldwide.
Atomically thin materials known as quantum spin Hall insulators have unusual properties that can be used to create error-resistant quantum computers. Nanyang Assistant Professor Bent Weber and Dr Michael Lodge survey the development of this exciting research field.
Physicists have created a hybrid material in which superconductivity and magnetism interact, which could be used to create a new type of quantum computer.
When the body detects a pathogen, such as bacteria or viruses, it mounts an immune system response to fight this invader. In some people, the immune system overreacts, resulting in an overactive immune response that causes the body to injure itself, which may prove fatal in some cases.
Now, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created a compound that could help to reduce this overactivation without impairing the body’s entire immune response.
A newly-developed piezoelectric material can flex forty times more than its competitors, opening the way to better micro machines.
The emerging field of Quantum Machine Learning aims to combine quantum computing with neural networks to create computing devices with unprecedented capabilities. Physicists at NTU’s School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences introduced a new concept called a Quantum Reservoir Processor, which can be used to tackle difficult problems in quantum physics.
As we all know, space is three dimensional. Many aspects of physics, including the fundamental properties of matter, depend strongly on the dimensionality of space. For instance, 2D materials like graphene, in which the atoms are confined to a two dimensional plane, have properties very different from standard 3D materials. Now, researchers have created a synthetic material that behaves as though it has four dimensions (4D), higher than the number of dimensions in the space around us.
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and the University of Southampton have published a paper in Nature Communications reporting that a new class of materials, chalcogenide topological insulators, is especially suitable for creating optical devices.
In third place of the CoS Science Communication Writing Competition is Mah Wai Lum William from the School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences! He wrote about “A magnetic approach to cancer treatment.” Congratulations, William!