Highlights
A*STAR Singapore Institute Of Manufacturing Technology (A*STAR SIMTech)
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1 July 2014A simple and inexpensive fabrication procedure boosts the light-capturing capabilities of tiny holes carved into silicon wafers
A*STAR Institute For Infocomm Research (A*STAR I²R)
Cracks emerge in the cloud
17 June 2014A systematic analysis reveals that cloud storage services have security weaknesses that can inadvertently leak users’ data
Game Theory
Right on schedule
17 June 2014Scheduling algorithms based on game theory can make better use of computational resources to reduce the costs of grid computing
Bone Marrow
The fat source makes the difference
17 June 2014Stem cells derived from different types of fat express different cell-surface markers
Data Storage Institute (DSI)
Microparticles get the whole picture
17 June 2014Microspheres and a tiny pipette are all it takes to image surfaces with a resolution below 100 nanometers
Notebook Chassis Design
Protecting laptops on the move
17 June 2014A theoretical model for vibrations in laptops provides design strategies for reducing hard drive failures
Pluripotent Stem Cells
A roadmap for pure organ cells
17 June 2014A new strategy minimizes the cellular contaminants that usually plague the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells
A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (A*STAR BTI)
Sugarcoating a protein drug
3 June 2014Mammalian cells have been engineered to produce longer-lived versions of the therapeutic protein erythropoietin
Molecular Detection
Hot spots for molecules
3 June 2014The accurate placement of molecules into gaps between gold nanoantennas enables ultrahigh-sensitivity molecular detection
Regulator Protein
Finding consensus on target genes
3 June 2014A panel of p53 variants helps scientists confidently identify genes controlled by the master regulator protein
Macrophages
Lighting up lymph nodes
3 June 2014Advances in fluorescent probe technology could allow real-time visualization of cancer progression during surgery
Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)
The secretions of stem cells
3 June 2014Tiny vesicles secreted by mesenchymal stem cells can modulate the immune system and prevent the rejection of grafted tissue
Hydrogel
A ‘click’ toward localized chemotherapy
3 June 2014‘Click’ chemistry produces a hydrogel with less toxicity and greater tissue localization in a mouse cancer model
