Commentary: Is lab-grown meat a new frontier or a passing fad?
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY PAUL TENG SINGAPORE: This week, Singapore made global headlines by being the first country in the world to approve a lab-grown meat for general public consumption. Eat Just, a San Francisco-based company, will soon debut its “chicken bites” here, which feature meat developed from animal cells in laboratories. This comes on the heels of recent news […]
Human systems management critical for businesses during COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutesRESEARCHERS share important information and solutions related to the challenges facing human resources and system managers in a special issue of Human Systems Management Amsterdam, NL, December 8, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted all types of organizations, leading human resources managers to reconsider their roles to support the implementation of social distancing practices, safety measures, and […]
SMART researchers design portable device for fast detection of plant stress
Reading Time: 2 minutesSingapore, 8 December 2020 – Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) has designed a portable optical sensor that can monitor whether a plant is under stress. The […]