Singapore Scientists Discover How To Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Methanol

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The third smallest sovereign nation in the world has just made an enormous contribution to relieving the world's debt to the environment. Singapore researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have discovered how to turn carbon dioxide into methanol.... Double take: They have found a way to make greenhouse gas green. Triple take: They took the biggest contributor to the world's carbon footprint and converted it into a source of clean energy for the world. Full story

Singapore scientists make breakthrough findings on early embryonic development

Physorg.com, 21 Apr 2010
Scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have recently generated significant single cell expression data crucial for a detailed molecular understanding of mammalian development from fertilization to embryo implantation, a process known as the preimplantation period. The knowledge gained has a direct impact on clinical applications in the areas of regenerative medicine and assisted reproduction. Full Story

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MINDEF, NTU join hands to boost Singapore's defense R&D capabilities

EurekAlert, 22 Oct 2009
Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are attracting outstanding talent to work on projects to strengthen Singapore's defence science and technology research and development (R&D) capabilities.
The MOU governs the setting up of the Temasek Research Fellowship and the Nanyang-DSO Post-Doctoral Fellowship schemes.
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Singapore creates world's first semi-cloned fish

Xinhua, 17 Oct 2009
SINGAPORE, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) said that they have created the world's first semi-cloned fish, local media reported on Friday.
According to local radio 938live, the fertile female medaka fish named Holly, was created with the semi-cloning genetic approach, which uses a new and unpredictable combination of genetic traits from both parents similar to normal fertilization.
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