Highlights
Transportation
Street smarts for roadside chargers
19 February 2026Harnessing street view images, a new deep learning model could aid urban planners in expanding city-wide electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN GENOMICS
Predicting purpose in unseen shapes
17 February 2026The largest RNA language model to date helps researchers uncover the hidden roles played by non-coding RNA sequences in our cells.
Gut Immunity
A milky gut trainer
13 February 2026Breast milk is supercharged with antibodies that promote healthy gut immunity in babies.
Green Energy
Unlocking ruthenium’s structural secrets
11 February 2026A closer look at a popular catalyst for green fuels and chemicals reveals the hidden relationships between its atomic-level structure and catalytic performance.
Food Science
Layer by layer: building realistic meat alternatives
9 February 2026A*STAR researchers take a layered approach to create fibrous alternative meat products that mimic the sensory profiles of the real deal.
Immunology
Protein partner break-up relieves allergies
5 February 2026Disrupting the binding of a key protein pair in immune cells could help avert deadly allergic responses.
Nanostructures
Getting (heat) carried away
3 February 2026New insights on how tiny particles carry heat in nanoscale environments can lead to developing faster and cooler electronics.
Environmental Surveillance
The unseen ecosystems of our dining spaces
30 January 2026City-wide surveillance establishes baseline microbiome data for Singapore’s food centres, revealing stable microbial communities unique to each site.
Photonics
Turning noise into an AI asset
28 January 2026By exploiting natural hardware imperfections in optical devices, a new photonics platform offers a base for robust and reliable AI models.
RNA Therapeutics
Making leaps with tiny loops
26 January 2026Self-looping molecules could be the key to unlocking the potential of RNA-based vaccines and therapies.
Materials Science
Sturdier second lives for mixed plastics
22 January 2026A new approach to recycling plastics produces higher-quality materials by crosslinking plastics reversibly using an additive.
Metasurfaces
Trapping light with tiny mirrors
16 January 2026Metasurface-based mirrors allow optical cavities to bend and trap light in new ways, improving sharpness and sensitivity.
Magnets
Rare-earth magnets go into orbit
12 January 2026Insights into the magnetic properties of a rare-earth element open up new possibilities for engineering energy-efficient magnetic technologies.
