Power sources: Shedding light on tomorrow’s solar energy
Improved forecasting of sunlight could help increase solar energy generation
Infectious diseases: Doubling down on infection
A new understanding of the way chikungunya virus protects mice against malaria could lead to improved patient care
Nanomedicine: Green tea for drug delivery
A component of green tea can help deliver drugs to tumors in the body
Optics: Flat lenses bring tiny features into focus
Flat lenses that enable high-resolution imaging are created by forming nanoscale structures on a surface
Drug design: Leading the charge against tumors
By using nanosized charged polymer balls to attack tumors directly rather than carry drugs, researchers have found a way to overcome drug resistance
Chemistry: Tuning into the potential of phosphorene
Better understanding of the wetting characteristics of phosphorene could pave the way for new applications in biological engineering
Public transport: Reducing commuters’ wait time
A computer model built on bus location and passenger payment data could reduce waiting times at bus stops
Photonics: Shrinking semiconductor lasers to the nanoscale
An ultracompact laser has been made using nanoscale semiconductor columns
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LATEST HIGHLIGHTS
2018-09-12
Immunology: Rethinking an inflammatory receptor’s obesity connection
Cell Metabolism
The long-held theory that Toll-like receptor 4 could be the link between obesity and inflammation is now being challenged
Machine learning: Predicting diffusion data
Computational Materials Science
A high-throughput computer model predicts diffusion data for the transport of light elements within solids
Catalysis: Stepping up water splitting
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Cheap and accessible cobalt-based catalysts could fast-track the industrial-scale production of hydrogen from water
Chemistry: Another step closer to tunable liquids
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
By investigating the influence of electric fields on liquids, scientists could develop a new technique for controlling their friction and adhesive properties
Public transport: Reducing commuters’ wait time
Physica A
A computer model built on bus location and passenger payment data could reduce waiting times at bus stops
Photonics: Shrinking semiconductor lasers to the nanoscale
Nature Nanotechnology
An ultracompact laser has been made using nanoscale semiconductor columns
2018-08-30
Immunology: How to make a neutrophil
Immunity
Insights into the development of neutrophils could lead to therapeutic options for inflammatory diseases and cancers
Drug design: Leading the charge against tumors
Journal of the American Chemical Society
By using nanosized charged polymer balls to attack tumors directly rather than carry drugs, researchers have found a way to overcome drug resistance
Machine Learning: Image analysis tool helps pick out human actions
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
Using deep-learning techniques to locate potential human activities in videos
Genetics: DNA test reveals genetic risk factors for eczema
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Assay combines microfluidics and next-generation sequencing to reveal more mutations than existing targeted gene tests
Inflammatory bowel disease: Finding the cells and the signals
Nature Communications
Clarifying the role of a protein released by immune ‘dendritic’ cells could yield better treatments
Chemistry: Tuning into the potential of phosphorene
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Better understanding of the wetting characteristics of phosphorene could pave the way for new applications in biological engineering
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Beating bacteria – looking beyond antibiotics
2018-07-16
Genome specialists and bioengineers have come up with a polymer to fight superbugs, which could help solve the world’s antibiotics crisis
Charging forward with the battery revolution
2018-06-08
Half a century since the earliest lithium-sulfur batteries were invented, an A*STAR team is leading the race to bring them to the masses.
Green lights all the way
2018-03-16
Taxis utilized to their full potential, intersections with no traffic lights and devices that eliminate driver error — anything is possible in Singapore, one of the world's busiest test beds for intelligent traffic.
