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The three Rhinolophus species that have so far been shown to be carriers of coronaviruses linked to SARS-CoV-2 cannot be found in Singapore. - AFP SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Horseshoe bats carrying coronaviruses very similar to the one that causes Covid-19 have been found outside China, so the pandemic may not necessarily have originated in the country, say scientists in a new study. It is likely that the virus arrived at the Chinese city of Wuhan from elsewhere, said Professor Wang Linfa from the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore and one of the study's co-authors. The study, publi...

Bats carrying coronaviruses closely related to the one that causes Covid-19 found outside China The three Rhinolophus species of horseshoe bats that have so far been shown to be carriers of coronaviruses linked to Sars-CoV-2 cannot be found in Singapore. Photo: AFP The Straits Times, Singapore The Straits Times, Singapore Horseshoe bats carrying coronaviruses very similar to the one that causes Covid-19 have been found outside China, so the pandemic may not necessarily have originated in the country, say scientists in a new study. It is likely that ...

SINGAPORE - Asia yearns for a strong America that will pick up the mantle of global leadership once more, with greater focus on improving the pandemic-battered world economy rather than on its rivalry with China. But first, the United States needs to put its own house in order and start listening to its friends again, said Singapore's diplomatic and academic heavyweights at the Geopolitical Reset 2021: Implications for Asia webinar presented by The Straits Times and the World Economic Forum on Friday (Jan 29). The webinar's backdrop is US President Joe Biden's first days at the helm of the su...

Credit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have invented a new method of anti-counterfeiting called DeepKey. Developed in just eight months, this security innovation uses two dimensional (2D)-material tags and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled authentication software. Compared to conventional anti-counterfeiting technologies, DeepKey works faster, achieves highly accurate results, and uses durable identification tags that are not easily damaged by environmental conditions such as extreme temperatures, chemical spills, UV exposure, ...