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Silicon Surface

Making wires of polymers chains

13 June 2017

Researchers model new route to molecular wires suitable for use in miniature electronics

Data Storage Institute (DSI)

Laying the foundations for hybrid silicon lasers

13 June 2017

A new technique for manufacturing hybrid silicon lasers paves the way for low-cost, mass-produced photonic devices usable in a range of applications

ILCs

Better profiling our immune defenders

13 June 2017

Characterization of innate lymphoid cells with an advanced cytometric technique yields surprising insights

Development

Protein prompts a primordial proliferation

13 June 2017

A regulatory protein ensures that egg precursor cells boost their numbers during embryonic development

Institute Of Chemical And Engineering Sciences (ICES)

Enzymes engineered using directed evolution

30 May 2017

Directed evolution has been used to design enzymes able to make imaging agents for medical diagnosis

Heat

Graphene chills out

30 May 2017

Flat sheets of carbon, and other two-dimensional materials, lose heat more easily when encased

Stem Cells

Turning stem cells into ‘canaries’

30 May 2017

Reverse-engineering white blood cells into stem cells offers promise for a novel test that could help in delivering less toxic treatment regimens

Immunotherapy

Enzyme makes TB bacteria eat themselves

30 May 2017

An organic compound found in red wine boosts the body’s ability to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis

Fluorescence

Making brighter protein predictions

30 May 2017

Supercomputer simulations shorten development time of rigid fluorescent molecules used to clarify protein structure and dynamics

Plasma Cell

Keeping immune cells alive

30 May 2017

New role discovered for a well-known gene in the survival of white blood cells

Tuberculosis

10-dollar test detects tuberculosis in minutes

16 May 2017

Scientists develop a quick, cheap and portable test for diagnosing tuberculosis

Germ Cells

Attachments that push the envelope

16 May 2017

A more detailed understanding of cell divisions giving rise to sperm and egg cells could lead to infertility treatments

Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)

An inflammatory gene

16 May 2017

Genetic malfunction causes hyperactive inflammation and cancer susceptibility

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