Features

Diagnostic tools in the fast lane

21 December 2017

Diagnostic tests are the key to the early detection and treatment of diseases — and Singapore’s Diagnostics Development (DxD) Hub is accelerating the rate at which devices make it from the lab to market.

Attracting the best to fight heart failure

18 October 2017

A new initiative will investigate the causes of heart failure in unprecedented detail.

Clever fats weighing in on Asia’s obesity issue

19 September 2017

Singaporean researchers tackle one of the world’s most pressing obesity problems — an issue that could look like a slender person of Asian descent who eats rice three times a day.

How Zika upped the ante

9 August 2017

Researchers in Singapore are tracing the Asian origins of Zika’s global spread

Toward the factories of the future

25 July 2017

The plants of tomorrow will usher in a new era of efficiency, precision and speed, thanks to additive manufacturing

The sugars we can’t live without

27 June 2017

The body relies on thousands of sugar–protein complexes to stay healthy

How safe is your data?

30 May 2017

A diverse group of researchers is leading efforts to ensure that digital information remains secure, however and wherever it is used

A revolution in light at the small scale

4 April 2017

Surprising optical effects in semiconductor nanoparticles promise to realize the latent potential of nanophotonics

Mini-brains offer wisdom of ages

7 March 2017

Researchers at A*STAR are growing better models of aging brain diseases in the search to stop the decline

From trash to treasure: Industrial chemicals from agricultural waste

21 February 2017

A*STAR’s Biomass-To-Chemical and Bio-Renewable Chemicals from Biomass programs are leading the way on the use of waste biomass for the sustainable production of industrial chemicals