Who’s the master? 15 December 2015 Continuous adaptation makes for more natural interactions between robots and humans in shared tasks
Tracing paths through a bottleneck 15 December 2015 Computational analysis automatically identifies the paths of neurons and blood vessels in medical images
Prospecting for green catalysts 15 December 2015 Computer calculations indicate the best places to look for nanowire catalysts to accelerate green reactions
Putting a block on inflammation 15 December 2015 Limiting immune response can reduce joint injury caused by the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus
Genomic re-arrangement linked to gastric cancer 15 December 2015 Fusion of two genes that regulate cellular adhesion increases risk of gastric cancer
Breaking through the bacterial membrane 15 December 2015 Antimicrobials generated using a multidisciplinary fragment-based strategy destroy drug-resistant bacterial membranes
Counting in adagio 1 December 2015 Listening to slow and steady music can help alleviate a fear of testing in numbers
All that glitters is still gold 1 December 2015 Nanoscale ribbons of a new phase of gold have been produced with a different crystalline structure
Electric assistance for stroke recovery 1 December 2015 Robotic therapy works better if stroke patients’ brains are stimulated by electricity
Growing stem cells at large scale 1 December 2015 To produce mesenchymal stem cells in large numbers will require careful tuning of their growth media
Adding weight to the birth story 1 December 2015 High levels of DNA methylation at a particular genetic location are linked to greater birth weight and higher adiposity
Steering the flow of light 1 December 2015 Tiny particles with varied shapes scatter light in useful and unusual ways
In control with hydrogels 17 November 2015 Microstructured hydrogels can negate the problem of premature release when used as drug delivery systems