Highlights
Plasmonics
Doubling up improves nanoring design
20 October 2015A new nanoring design shows potential for generating short magnetic
pulses and could be used to explore magnetic switching in materials
Heart Disease
A step closer to heart repair
6 October 2015A tool for isolating progenitor cells from human heart tissue could pave the way for cardiac cell therapy
A*STAR Institute For Infocomm Research (A*STAR I²R)
Navigating the unknown
6 October 2015A computer
algorithm that copies the navigation functionality of humans and animals helps
robots navigate unfamiliar spaces
Battery
Tellurium electrodes boost lithium batteries
6 October 2015Tellurium electrodes have higher energy densities and may be charged and discharged faster than conventional electrode materials
Glycemia
Insulin production on overdrive
6 October 2015Singaporean Chinese, Malays and Indians produce different insulin responses to a bowl of rice
Circulating Tumor Cells
Filtering for fast analysis
6 October 2015Trapping cells that tumors release into the bloodstream allows fast and sensitive genetic analysis
Genetics
Algorithm update improves estimation of ancestry
6 October 2015Refinement of an algorithm for determining genetic ancestry could help identify genetic factors in disease
Regional Area Strain
Look inside your heart
24 September 2015Magnetic resonance imaging provides insight into myocardial mechanics after a heart attack
Migration
Healing wounds with pain
24 September 2015Pain receptors in the skin also play an important role in wound healing
Antibodies
Pushing for greater purity
24 September 2015A standard purification process changes the structure of antibodies — and then changes them back
Gene Deletion
Removing genes without a trace
24 September 2015DNA repair mechanism manipulated to delete genes without leaving a scar
Quantum
Organic electronics with an edge
24 September 2015Two-dimensional
organic lattices are easier and safer to work with than inorganic materials for
spintronic and quantum computing applications
Phosphorylation
To fight or to tolerate?
24 September 2015A shift in energy processing pathways occurs in immune cells that tolerate rather than attack
