Life on the big screen 20 May 2014 A prize-winning microscopy image of a developing mouse sperm cell taken by A*STAR scientists lights up Times Square in New York
Stapling together cancer therapy 6 May 2014 Computer simulations help design molecules with potential as a cancer therapy
Catalytic upgrade 6 May 2014 New catalysts to remove oxygenated compounds from bio-derived oils may lead to better and cheaper renewable biofuels
Making it big 6 May 2014 The use of a fabrication technique borrowed from the semiconductor industry brings metamaterial applications a step closer to reality
Changing the face of Singapore’s infocommunications 6 May 2014 REACH@I2R, Singapore’s largest cluster of joint laboratories for infocommunications research, is deepening links between A*STAR and industry
Antifungals go nano 6 May 2014 Cationic small molecules hold great potential for preventing and treating fungal infections
The promise of purple for enhanced bioimaging 6 May 2014 Newly detected ‘energy-clustering’ structures inside rare-earth nanoparticles generate intense violet light, which is ideal for studying photon-induced transformations
The direct approach to microcavities 6 May 2014 A robust micrometer-scale structure for trapping light enhances optical interactions in advanced photonic devices
Shoddy sorting disrupts memory-making signals 22 April 2014 A*STAR scientists continue to explore the potential contributions of a ‘sorting nexin’ protein to learning impairments in Down’s syndrome
The significance of silence 22 April 2014 An enzyme that silences DNA activity may be crucially involved in health and cancer
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
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
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