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Materials

Minuscule bumps improve an anti-reflective coating

22 October 2013

An anti-reflective film that mimics a moth’s eye is durable and highly effective, overcoming some of the main barriers to commercialization

Energy Monitoring

Real-time energy audit reduces power consumption

22 October 2013

Software that monitors industrial machine operations in real time can reduce the overall energy consumption of factories

Tissue Engineering

Hair-like constructs offer drug screening platform

22 October 2013

Laboratory-grown structures akin to hair follicles could aid the search for novel drugs to treat baldness and other hair disorders

Nanoparticles

A simpler route to hollow carbon spheres

8 October 2013

Microporous walls and a huge surface area help nanoparticles to boost lithium-ion battery performance

Photonics

Progress with the switch to faster computers

8 October 2013

A specialized switch that controls light can regulate the flow of optical data at a speed suitable to accelerate computers

Data Storage Institute (DSI)

Light’s improbable connection mapped

8 October 2013

Ultrafast laser pulses and precisely cut optical crystals could control the quantum properties of light

Diagnosis

A holistic approach catches eye disease early

8 October 2013

An automated assessment of multiple datasets using artificial intelligence accurately diagnoses a common cause of blindness.

Reproduction

Mutant flies give mixed-up mating messages

8 October 2013

Researchers in Singapore discover a molecule that regulates production of the pheromones that determine whether male flies attract males or females

A*STAR Institute For Infocomm Research (A*STAR I²R)

Android versus Apple

8 October 2013

A large study of smartphone applications provides a baseline for comparing the security of different mobile providers

Cell Biology

Regulatory network revealed in embryonic stem cells

24 September 2013

A location map for a signaling protein identifies key molecular targets in human embryonic stem cells

A*STAR Singapore Institute Of Manufacturing Technology (A*STAR SIMTech)

Medical sensors improve with holey gold nanostructures

24 September 2013

A new method that fabricates gold nanostructures quickly and efficiently could lead to highly sensitive, portable medical sensors

Carbon Dioxide

Durable plastic doubles as a cleaner

24 September 2013

Chemists transform an inexpensive household plastic into a high-capacity sorbent for carbon dioxide capture and separation

Cancer

Lymphoma-linked risk factor identified

24 September 2013

A specific genetic variant expressed in a key immune protein heightens an individual’s chance of developing follicular lymphoma

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