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Scienmag published the research led by Science, Mathematics and Technology cluster Assistant Prof Cheong Kang Hao that explains why predators sometimes lay dormant eggs.

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This research highlight can also be found at https://www.sutd.edu.sg/Research/Research-News/2020/2/The-paradox-of-dormancy-Why-sleep-when-you-can-eat

Science, Mathematics and Technology Associate Professor Cai Kui’s Collaboration with Dutch Scientist Dr Kees Immink

Multi-institutions Study Contributions by Science, Mathematics and Technology Faculty, Assistant Prof Cheong Kang Hao

Materials Today interviewed Dr Ang Yee Sin, Lecturer from the Science, Mathematics and Technology cluster, on a recent journal publication and published an article discussing the thermionic emission in graphene. The journal publication was based on a UROP project by SUTD undergraduate student, Chen Yueyi.

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Phys.org published an article about how researchers from the SUTD have discovered a general theory that describes the thermionic emission from graphene. The article quoted EPD student Chen Yueyi and head of Science, Mathematics and Technology cluster, Prof Ricky Ang.

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This research highlight can also be found at https://www.sutd.edu.sg/Research/Research-News/2019/10/SUTD-Thermionic-Emission-in-Graphene

SUTD Team Helps Make Leap in Quantum Mechanics

Lianhe Zaobao, 3 Sep 2019, Exploring Chinese Orchestral Music with Physics

Inspired by the flashing Brownian ratchet, Parrondo’s paradox is a counter-intuitive phenomenon in which two losing games, when played in a specific order, can surprisingly end up winning.

SUTD researchers study the pivotal role that Parrondo’s paradox plays in the shaping of living systems and its potential identity as a universal principle underlying biological diversity and persistence.

Inspired by the flashing Brownian ratchet, Parrondo’s paradox is a counter-intuitive phenomenon in which two losing games, when played in a specific order, can surprisingly end up winning. For example, slot machines are designed to ensure that players lose in the long run. “What the paradox says is that there might be slot machines which are subtly linked in such a way that playing either slot machine independently will lead to financial disaster, but switching in between them will eventually leave the player richer than before,” said senior author, Assistant Professor Kang Hao Cheong of the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

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You can find more details at https://www.sutd.edu.sg/Research/Research-News/2019/8/Paradoxical-Survival-Examining-the-Parrondo-effect

Media Feature of Global Health Technology Course Taught by Science, Mathematics and Technology Faculty, Dr Dawn Koh