With this collaboration, NUS and Microsoft Research Asia plan to focus on AI-driven research in key areas such as healthcare, societal AI, spatial intelligence, as well as data-intensive computing. This partnership will boost progress in these fields, enhance cross-disciplinary research capability, and aim to strengthen the region’s role in shaping the future of AI and computing on a global scale.

Meditation apps are transforming mindfulness from a niche practice into a global, on-demand tool. New research shows they can measurably improve mental and physical health in just minutes a week.

Researchers have revealed that by making use of a new imaging technique i.e. a type of microscope and artificial intelligence, they are able to now observe how platelets behave in real time.

With a mega investment of 50 billion dollars, Astrazeneca has plans to expand its presence in medicines manufacturing and R&D in the USA. The company intends to set up a new multi-billion-dollar manufacturing facility in the country which is expected to produce drug substances for the Company’s innovative weight management and metabolic portfolio.

Using powerful brain imaging techniques, scientists have revealed a previously hidden complexity in how we form memories and acquire new skills. The implications are vast, from treating brain disorders to designing the next generation of AI.

A new AI weather prediction system, Aardvark Weather, can deliver accurate forecasts tens of times faster and using thousands of times less computing power than current AI and physics-based forecasting systems, according to research published in Nature.

Hasunuma Tomohisa and his team developed a workflow that allows them to screen a large variety of enzymes for a given function and tried it on a class of almost 7000 enzymes that are involved in a process needed to produce the raw materials for fuels, plastics and flavors. The Kobe University team now reports that this approach allowed them to identify an enzyme that has a productivity up to ten times higher than that of the current industry standard.

By combining both 3D bioprinting and AI, researchers have been able to address key challenges in dental procedures more effectively such as repairing gum defects caused by periodontal disease or complications from dental implants.

In Europe, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability. The project ‘Euro Heart Path’ has now officially been launched in Europe and the project aims to transform cardiovascular care across the continent at a budget of 27-million-euros.

Researchers have now developed an AI-based tool that is capable of detecting abnormalities of the coronary arteries in CT images with high precision. This tool could significantly prove beneficial for the diagnosis and treatment of rare heart diseases.