National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore

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Founded in 1905, the National University of Singapore (NUS) offers a global approach to education, research, and entrepreneurship. NUS has 17 faculties and schools across three campuses. Close to 40,000 students from 100 countries enrich the community with their diverse social and cultural perspectives.

Research: Shaping the Future

NUS takes a holistic approach to research by integrating expertise across the natural and social sciences. Together, we answer the most challenging questions on how to live and work better.

On an island city-state vulnerable to rising sea levels, NUS researchers are driven to find Sustainability and Urban Solutions. Our research informs global policy on coastal defense, urban design, nature-based solutions, food-energy-water nexus, and the development of green energy technologies. In the Anthropocene, our behavioural and decision scientists work to understand and influence the impact of human consumption within cities.

NUS is also dedicated to Materials Research, where materials scientists, chemists, physicists, and engineers work together to unravel the secrets of the physical world and create materials for tomorrow’s technologies. Our researchers harness the principles which govern living matter to develop new functional intelligent materials for applications in everything from artificial neural networks to smart membranes.

We sometimes do the impossible. NUS researchers synthesised the world’s first one-atom-thick amorphous material. The discovery could finally settle a decades-old debate of exactly how atoms are arranged in amorphous solids and accelerate the development of data storage and energy devices.

Our researchers are also enabling people to live longer, higher-quality lives, with revolutions in Healthcare. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Duke-NUS researchers developed the first and only authorised SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibody test product known as cPass™ SARS-CoV-2 Neutralisation Antibody Test, and the vaccine developed by Duke-NUS in partnership with Arcturus Therapeutics is undergoing human clinical trials globally.

NUS is at the forefront of cancer research, with breaking work in transforming the treatment of leukaemia. The cell-based therapy uses the body’s immune cells that have been altered in the lab to target and kill cancer cells. Our researchers have also developed the world’s first blood test that measures the effectiveness of cancer treatment within 24 hours after treatment initiation.

The interface between material and health sciences led to the creation of electronic skins that enable better prosthetic devices to mimic the human sense of touch, sense nearby objects without touching, and repair itself when damaged.

Underpinning our research is our respect and recognition for the rising role of technology. Within the NUS Smart Nation research cluster, computer scientists, engineers and social scientists collaborate to build resilience in the systems we rely on daily, by tackling issues of cybersecurity, logistics and operations, risk management, financial systems, and artificial intelligence-based technologies. NUS research on quantum key distribution has led to an increase in the long-term security of communication networks.

Our curiosity infuses the 150-hectare NUS campus, which serves as a living lab for the development and test-bedding of smart technologies, such as 5G network-empowered innovation in virtual reality, and district heating and cooling networks for energy-efficient cities. Our research places artificial intelligence and high technology at the service of society’s greatest needs and strives to make life ever more extraordinary.

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Research

Date range: 1 November 2020 - 31 October 2021

Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for National University of Singapore (NUS) published between 1 November 2020 - 31 October 2021 which are tracked by the Nature Index.

Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.

Article Count and Share for National University of Singapore (NUS)
Count Share
804 269.95

Outputs by subject (Share)

Outputs by subject
Subject Count Share
231 53.46
348 131.81
344 124.55
60 20.42

Share output for the past 5 years

Share per year
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
209.52 230.54 254.76 254.84 301.43

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Highlight of the month

Most flood-prone coastline is in the tropics

© Michael Hall/The Image Bank/Getty Images

More than 60% of the land most vulnerable to rising sea levels lies in the tropics, and hundreds of millions living in these areas will be at risk of flooding by 2100.

The combination of sea-level rise, extreme-sea-level events and land subsidence poses a major threat to coastal communities, but digital models of elevation for coastal areas have been done only for certain areas and have a high degree of uncertainty.

Now, a scientist from the National University of Singapore and a collaborator have used data from satellite-based remote-sensing technology to generate the first global model of elevation. They then used this model to identify coastal lowlands most at risk of future flooding.

This analysis revealed that 62% of land less than two metres above sea level is in the tropics. Globally, at least 410 million people are forecast to be living in these low-lying areas by 2100.

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References

  1. Nature Communications 12, 3592 (2021). doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23810-9

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Collaboration

Date range: 1 November 2020 - 31 October 2021

International vs. domestic collaboration by Share

  • 21.92% Domestic
  • 78.08% International

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Top 10 domestic collaborators with National University of Singapore (NUS) by Share (59 total)

  1. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) (89.29)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)49.23
    Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)40.05
  2. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (59.49)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)27.86
    Nanyang Technological University (NTU)31.62
  3. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Duke-NUS Medical School (29.61)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)15.96
    Duke-NUS Medical School13.65
  4. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd. (SingHealth) (19.61)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)13.92
    Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd. (SingHealth)5.68
  5. National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University Health System (NUHS) (11.18)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)7.96
    National University Health System (NUHS)3.22
  6. National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University Cancer Institute (NCIS) (11.11)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)10.13
    National University Cancer Institute (NCIS)0.98
  7. National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) (10.02)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)8.98
    National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)1.04
  8. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Yale-NUS College (8.32)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)5.93
    Yale-NUS College2.39
  9. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) (7.97)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)2.48
    Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)5.48
  10. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (5.00)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)3.22
    Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine1.77

Top 10 international collaborators with National University of Singapore (NUS) by Share (1612 total)

  1. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Tianjin University (TJU) (70.92)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)34.25
    Tianjin University (TJU)36.67
  2. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University (41.90)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)33.17
    Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University8.73
  3. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (31.30)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)15.35
    Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)15.95
  4. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Duke University (23.96)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)15.99
    Duke University7.97
  5. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) (12.77)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)6.80
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)5.97
  6. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Shenzhen University (SZU) (12.24)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)8.33
    Shenzhen University (SZU)3.92
  7. National University of Singapore (NUS) and SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science and Technology (11.56)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)6.75
    SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science and Technology4.80
  8. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) (11.45)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)5.05
    Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)6.40
  9. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Harvard University (11.08)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)3.90
    Harvard University7.18
  10. National University of Singapore (NUS) and Tsinghua University (10.65)
    National University of Singapore (NUS)4.78
    Tsinghua University5.88

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