| |NOVEMBER 20224On a cold night in 2019, the lights went off in one of the research labs of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The ceiling lights in Associate Professor Xue Jun Min's research lab are usually on for 24 hours. But this time, an unexpected power trip occurred while the lab was closed for the day. The researchers, led by Prof. Xue, Dr Wang Xiaopeng and Dr Vincent Lee Wee Siang, returned the next day to find the performance of a nickel oxyhydroxide-based material in the water electrolysis experiment that continued in the dark had fallen drastically. Now, to give some background, the electro-catalytic mechanism in water electrolysis, it is one of the world's extensively well-researched topics. The nickel-based material is an extremely common catalyst. Nobody in the scientific fraternity had seen such a drop in performance, majorly because, well, no one had ever done that experiment in the dark. Theoretically, nickel oxyhydroxide-based materials shouldn't be sensitive to light; the light should not affect its properties. After three years and a lot of further research that went beyond Singapore's border, this led to a serendipitous scientific discovery that could potentially revolutionize the way hydrogen gas--an element crucial to many industrial processes--is produced from water. Prof Xue and his team have now shared their findings publicly in a paper.Thanks to the research-oriented mindset of many faculty members like Prof. Xuem, it is no wonder NUS is at the forefront of innovations and produces students who are at the top of the game. In this issue, we unfurl the stories of some of them who make the institute proud.Do let us know your thoughts.Sujith VasudevanManaging Editoreditor@ceoinsightsindia.comBeing at the Cutting Edge of ThingsEditorial Vol 04 · Issue 5 - 1 · November, 2022 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Sujith Vasudevan Manager - DesignPrabhu Dutta A.R.N RayAssistant EditorHeena KousarNoidaRohit Raghubanshi Garima Anandadvertise@ceoinsightsindia.comEditorial queries editor@ceoinsightsindia.comTo subscribeVisit www.ceoinsightsindia.com/subscribe/ or send emailto subscription@ceoinsightsindia.comMagazine Price is Rs.150 per issue.Editor Alok ChaturvediPrinted and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Info Connect Web Technolo-gies India Pvt. Ltd., and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017.Copyright © 2022 Info Connect Web Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher. Design Asokan S V Girisha MVP - Sales & Marketing Amrit SinghCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Editorial Keerthana Kantharaj Sthitaprajnya Panigrahi Roopalatha H Tanuja Akkanavar
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