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Alumni
Overcoming adversity
Mr Wong Zi Heng overcame adversity in spite of a cervical spinal cord injury. He is now pursuing a postgraduate diploma in education. He is featured in The Straits Times' Generation Grit: Paralysed at 21, his will to live was unwavering.
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Accolades
Young quantum scientist named L’Oréal fellow
President’s Assistant Professor Loh Huanqian from NUS Physics and the NUS Centre for Quantum Technologies has been awarded the 2018 Physical and Engineering Sciences fellowship by the L’Oréal Singapore For Women in Science National Fellowship programme.

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String Theory
World's top theorists take on the 'Theory of Everything'
An upcoming conference at the NUS Institute for Mathematical Sciences (10 to 14 Dec) is bringing together dozens of the world’s most prestigious theoretical physicists and mathematicians to explore the principles behind a Theory of Everything. This event is the brainchild of Associate Professor Meng-Chwan Tan, from NUS Physics, who also leads the NUS String Theory Group.
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Education
Physics Education at the National University of Singapore
Join us as a physicist. Physics is cool and fun. Check out this short clip here. Enjoy!
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Advanced Materials
Handling the oxygen migration at oxide heterostructures
A research team led by Prof ARIANDO from Department of Physics and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute (NUSNNI) NanoCore have developed a methodology for tailoring the oxygen electromigration in buried interface of complex oxide materials and therefore realized the energy band reconstruction.
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Quantum Physics
Probably the planet's fastest source of certified random numbers
CQT researchers and their collaborators have set a record for the fastest production of ‘certified’ random numbers. The work is described in a paper published 9 October in Physical Review Letters. "To the best of our knowledge, we have currently the fastest source of certified random numbers on the planet," says Christian Kurtsiefer, Principal Investigator at CQT, who led construction of the experiment.
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Quantum Technologies
Quantum-secured communications networks

$18 million initiative between Singapore and UK governments to build and deploy a satellite quantum key distribution testbed.

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Competitions
8th International Natural Science Tournament 2018
A team of Special Programme in Science (SPS) students comprising Year 2 Physics student: KIM Mu Young and three other Science students emerged as the top winner at the 8th International Natural Sciences Tournament (INST) held in Agra, India from 29 January to 3 February 2018.
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Upcoming Events

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Semestral Stargazing
Feb - Apr 2019
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Dec
String and M-Theory: The New Geometry of the 21st Century

10 ~ 14 December 2018
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Germany Immersion Trip
14 June ~ 5 July 2019
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Physics Seminars
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Department of Physics
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