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Allergy

Subverting the sneeze

22 April 2014

Disease-causing IgE antibodies are kept under wraps to avoid allergic responses

Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)

Building a heart

22 April 2014

Newly identified hormone ELABELA regulates the generation of the embryo’s endoderm and is required for the normal formation of the heart

Conformal Mapping Transformation

More speed, less interference

22 April 2014

A semi-analytical model can compute electromagnetic interference on an electronic circuit board ten times faster than existing commercial software

Telecommunications

A transistor for light

22 April 2014

A high-performance ‘photonic transistor’ that switches light signals instead of electronic signals could revolutionize optical signal processing

Cancer

The significance of silence

22 April 2014

An enzyme that silences DNA activity may be crucially involved in health and cancer

Plasmonics

A modern twist on Young’s slits

8 April 2014

A landmark experiment on wave interference from the early 1800s is revisited using gold nanoparticles

Microfluidics

Microbeads are easily fixed

8 April 2014

A passive method for sorting and fixing microbeads of different sizes could lead to cheaper and more functional biological assays

Diabetes

Sweet sensing

8 April 2014

A highly sensitive and specific biological assay requires only a tiny sample volume to monitor glucose levels in patients with diabetes

Metal-organic Frameworks

Metal–organic ‘micromushrooms’ repel all

8 April 2014

A clever chemical transformation yields surface-bound microstructures that efficiently drive away oil- and water-based contaminants

Polymer Multilayers

Multilayer polymers spring into action

8 April 2014

Flexible plastics that turn mechanical vibrations into electrical energy could spur the development of self-powered sensors and devices

T-cells

Flu vaccine enables rapid response

8 April 2014

A more efficient production process for influenza vaccines could help to cope with future pandemics

Ferroelectric

Probing polarization puzzles

25 March 2014

Using electron beams to encode data in nanocrystals could help to improve the capacity of computer memory devices

Pluripotency

Helping cultured stem cells get back to nature

25 March 2014

Cultured human embryonic stem cells given the ‘3iL’ treatment more closely resemble natural stem cells from the developing embryo

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