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"Elephant skin" mycelium tiles keep buildings chilled – and look cool, too
Oyster mushrooms and repurposed bamboo furniture scraps may be an unlikely combination for a tough building material, but ...
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NTU Singapore Scientists Create ‘Fungi Tiles’ With Elephant Skin Texture To Cool Buildings
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed ‘fungi tiles’ that could one day help to bring the heat down in buildings without consuming ...
S’pore’s cyborg cockroaches helping with search-and-rescue efforts in Myanmar quake
It is the first time in the world that such cyborgs have been deployed in a humanitarian operation. Read more at straitstimes ...
MOM issues guidelines on shielding workers from adverse weather, including floods and strong winds
These add to existing measures on protecting outdoor workers from heat stress. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
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Scientists create 'fungi tiles' with elephant skin texture to cool buildings
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed "fungi tiles" that ...
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New workplace safety guidelines to help employers better prepare for stormy, hazy and hot weather
These new guidelines, to help workplaces prepare for adverse weather, were released by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and ...
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All-natural elephant skin-inspired fungi tiles offer upto 70% more cooling for buildings
Scientists at NTU Singapore develop mycelium-based tiles inspired by elephant skin to regulate building temperatures.
Banyan Tree to open in Singapore
Banyan Group was founded on the core pillars of wellbeing and sustainability. Mandai Rainforest Resort is its inaugural ...
Rural Papua New Guinean Vanilla Farmers Secure Overseas Deal, Opening Path To Greater Prosperity
Wewak, Papua New Guinea – A determined group of vanilla farmers in Mandi Village, Turubu Local Level Government (Wewak District, East Sepik Province), has struck a major deal to export vanilla beans ...
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Capping off a head-turning career, Singapore's last songkok maker may be taking last orders
Songkok maker Abdul Wahab Abdullah, 65, said that wearing a traditional loose-fitting garment known as a baju kurung without ...