Cancer research: A blood test for cancer recurrence
Assay for genetic quirk can provide a wealth of information on patient disease status and prognosis
Spin memory: Dynamic solution for accurate reading
A sensing scheme that responds dynamically to voltage fluctuations could improve accuracy when reading data from spin-based memory storage
Laser spectroscopy: Measurements through entanglement
The extremely short relaxation times of atoms can be measured by using quantum-entangled photons
Cells: Glaring lessons on skin aging
A protein can be used to measure the aging effect of sun exposure on skin cells
Cancer: A sustainable source of natural killers
Generating large numbers of universal immune cells could transform cancer immunotherapy
Immunology: Monocytes in the mix
Understanding how monocyte cells generate specialized immune system cells may help target immunity against cancer
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
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LATEST HIGHLIGHTS
2018-07-16
Nanophotonics: A silicon-nanoparticle photonic waveguide
Nano Letters
A line of silicon nanoparticles can transport light efficiently at small scales
Optics: Brighter microscopy using built-in nanobulbs
Nano Letters
Hybrid nanoparticle can attach to microscope tips and light up objects too tiny to see with typical optical beams
Photonics: Light, finely sliced
Optics Letters
A triple bend structure splits light into its two polarization components with unprecedented purity
Neuroimaging: Statistical machine learning reveals deep brain activity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
Scientists demonstrate the use of non-invasive brain recordings to ‘see through’ the cerebral cortex and characterize activity in deeper structures
Cancer immunotherapy: An unexpected infiltrator
Nature
Virus-targeting white blood cells in tumors offer intriguing insights into responsiveness to immunotherapy
Chemistry: Ligands control nanowire growth
Small
Thiol molecules drive gold atoms to form a forest of nanowires with useful properties
2018-06-25
Materials: No barrier to applications for a remarkable 2D material
ACS Nano
An innovative technique for growing large, uniform sheets of single-layer molybdenum disulfide could lead to new flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices
Power sources: Shedding light on tomorrow’s solar energy
Solar Energy
Improved forecasting of sunlight could help increase solar energy generation
Infectious diseases: Doubling down on infection
EMBO Molecular Medicine
A new understanding of the way chikungunya virus protects mice against malaria could lead to improved patient care
Concrete: A hard look at polymers in cement mix
Scientific Reports
Computer simulations have zoomed in on the role of superplasticizers in concrete performance
Glaucoma: A bird’s eye view for improved diagnosis
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging
An algorithm paves the way for accurate, rapid diagnosis of closed-angle glaucoma
Proteomics: Turning up the heat on protein interactions
Science
Deep data analytics drive the development of a technique that sheds light on drug action by monitoring the dynamics of thousands of protein complexes simultaneously within intact cells
FEATURES & INNOVATIONS
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.
