We have rounded up main developments from our science and know-how protection during the last two weeks to maintain you up to date.
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Campus view of National University of Singapore. Photo courtesy of NUS |
Singapore is the one Southeast Asian nation with two universities within the world high 10 for engineering and know-how within the 2026 QS World University Rankings by topic.
The National University of Singapore ranked eighth, whereas Nanyang Technological University positioned tenth, each bettering from final 12 months.
U.S. universities proceed to dominate the highest 10, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University taking first and second locations.
2. NASA launches first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years
NASA launched 4 astronauts on its Artemis II mission on April 1, marking the primary crewed lunar journey because the last Apollo mission in 1972.
After practically three years of coaching, the crew turned the primary to fly in NASA’s Artemis program, a multibillion-dollar initiative launched in 2017 to ascertain a long-term U.S. presence on the moon.
The mission will ship the crew about 252,000 miles (406,000 km) into area, the farthest distance people have traveled from Earth.
Artemis II is an early step within the U.S. lunar program, which goals to land astronauts on the moon in 2028 below the Artemis IV mission.
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Peter Lee, the elder son of the late billionaire Lee Shau Kee. Photo by Reuters |
Peter Lee, son of late Hong Kong billionaire Lee Shau Kee, has led a $300 million funding spherical in U.S.-based energy storage agency EnerVenue, which develops nickel-hydrogen battery programs for grid-scale storage, significantly for AI information facilities that require steady and long-lasting energy.
Peter, 62, co-chairman of Hong Kong property-to-energy group Henderson Land, made the funding via his household workplace Full Vision Capital.
He and his brother Martin Lee, 55, turned co-chairmen of Henderson Land and Towngas in 2019, taking up from their father years earlier than his demise in March 2025.
EnerVenue is amongst a number of inexperienced know-how investments made by Peter via Full Vision Capital, with him beforehand stated in an interview with Forbes Asia that future progress could be pushed by inexperienced applied sciences.
4. Singapore’s most cited scientist leaves NUS for China’s Tsinghua University
Seeram Ramakrishna, Singapore’s most cited scientist and a number one supplies scientist, has left the National University of Singapore to affix Tsinghua University as a distinguished chair professor, the college introduced in late March.
The India-born researcher, described by China’s MIT Technology Review because the “father of electrospinning,” a know-how utilized in air filtration and medical functions, spent practically three many years at NUS and held a number of senior management roles earlier than becoming a member of Tsinghua in September 2025.
He has printed greater than 2,000 papers with over 220,000 citations and has been named among the many World’s Most Influential Minds by Thomson Reuters and listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate since 2014.
5. Yale scientist joins China university citing research limits in U.S.
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Chinese scientist Zhang Kai. Photo courtesy of Yale |
Zhang Kai, a researcher in cryo-electron microscopy, has left Yale University within the U.S. to affix the University of Science and Technology of China, citing restricted alternatives and higher skilled help.
“In the U.S., it is almost impossible for a Chinese scholar to take the lead on this project,” Zhang informed China Science Daily.
Zhang’s analysis has challenged long-held theories on how mobile transport programs assemble, with implications for understanding neurological and reproductive illnesses.
He is amongst a rising variety of Chinese-born scientists leaving high Western establishments for positions in China, drawn by increasing analysis funding, superior services, and alternatives to guide large-scale tasks.