A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC)
Alloys as electricity-generating allies
28 Apr 2021Mixing tin into germanium telluride creates a high-performance thermoelectric material that could make energy harvesting or cooling devices more effective.
Shining a way forward for on-chip lasers
12 Apr 2021A*STAR researchers have developed a compact on-chip laser using a nanoantenna chain as an optical resonator.
Simulating a water droplet
2 Apr 2021An integrated simulation model provides a clearer picture of what happens when a water droplet comes in contact with a hydrophobic surface.
Teaching robots by example
26 Mar 2021By breaking complex actions into their basic components, researchers have developed a versatile framework that enables robots to learn from human demonstrators.
Did Singapore’s ‘circuit breaker’ work?
24 Mar 2021Lockdown measures not only reduced the number of COVID-19 cases but also resulted in a temporary improvement in air quality, study finds.
Designing binders for the batteries of tomorrow
15 Mar 2021A simple switch from a non-polar binder to a polar one could make sodium-sulfur batteries safer and more efficient.
The roadmap to RIE2025
4 Mar 2021A*STAR is poised to contribute towards Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2025 plan across all four strategic domains.
The purifying power of plants
26 Feb 2021Plant-based ionizers are surprisingly effective at removing aerosols and could play an important role in preventing COVID-19 transmission.
Making plastic easier to recycle
7 Jan 2021A semi-batch approach to making acrylics could bring us one step closer to more planet-friendly plastics.
Mapping cough droplets in flight
4 Jan 2021Computational models show that there’s much more to COVID-19 transmission than the airborne-or-droplet binary.
The defects that spark joy
16 Dec 2020Natural imperfections trigger a Kondo effect in 2D materials that bring their thermoelectric performance to new heights.
An EPIC search for new materials
25 Nov 2020A high-throughput screening method could significantly shorten the discovery cycle for new thermoelectric materials.