As the NUS1000 Staff Edition project draws to a close, with the final off-boarding finishing in a few weeks, now is a good time to thank everyone for their participation.  This is one of the most comprehensive datasets of its kind ever collected, in Singapore or abroad.  We truly appreciate the time, effort and care you have put in to make this project a success. To illustrate the scope of your contribution, 411 of you completed the whole year of data collection.  You have provided data for...

Many of us know the feeling—a rough night’s sleep followed by a day that seems harder than it should. Results from the NUS1000 Staff Edition study confirm that this isn’t just intuition: daily sleep matters for next-day stress. Both how much we sleep and how well we sleep are linked to how stressed we feel the following day. Importantly, these links are not the same for everyone—they depend on the work we do and the conditions we experience.   Here’s what we found: Better sleep (both quantity...

We would like to share a brief update about an upcoming research study we are preparing on the gut microbiome—the trillions of microorganisms living in our digestive system—and its role in health and ageing. Recent research highlights that the nutritional benefits of foods, and how our bodies respond to them, change as we age. These age-related changes are thought to be closely linked to shifts in the gut microbiome, which plays a central role in nutrient metabolism, inflammation, immune...