Features
Organocatalysts turn carbon dioxide into useful energy
27 April 2010Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have developed a green catalytic cycle that could help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges—global warming and renewable energy.
New brain atlases rewrite the textbooks on brain anatomy
30 March 2010The Biomedical Imaging Lab of A*STAR continues to develop world-leading three-dimensional brain atlases to assist clinicians in brain surgery, diagnosis and neuro-anatomical education.
Display technology gets a shot of realism
16 February 2010Inspired by cerebral physiology, scientists at the A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research are developing a display technology and system that will make it possible to show high dynamic range images on conventional displays based on gaze tracking.
Hitting parasites where they hide
2 February 2010Drugs that selectively target pre-symptomatic, liver-stage malarial infection could ultimately help thwart this deadly disease.
A protein witnessing 30 years of evolution in cancer research
22 December 2009Cancer-suppressor protein p53 has undergone dramatic shifts in understanding over the past 30 years, but now scientists are entering a new era in the development of novel p53-based therapies.
Advanced protection for plastic electronics
27 October 2009Flexible electronic devices are now even more likely thanks to a major new investment in Tera-Barrier Films' revolutionary protective technology.
Concepts and Perspectives
27 October 2009A new book by A*STAR's Edison Liu and Douglas Lauffenburger of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology explores systems complexity in biomedical research.
