Highlights
Glaucoma
Opening our eyes to glaucoma
29 January 2013DNA analysis reveals the genetic variants that make individuals susceptible to the form of glaucoma prevalent in Asian countries
Drug Binding
A faster way to untangle intermolecular interactions
29 January 2013More effective medicines could result from a method that improves simulations of the binding interactions between drugs and their targets
Immunology
Pinpointing a potential therapeutic target
15 January 2013Identification of the subtype of immune cells that is crucial to the onset of cerebral malaria provides a therapeutic starting point
Memory
Reflections turned upside down
15 January 2013A phase-change material with unexpected optical-reflectivity properties offers fresh perspectives for data storage
P53
Keeping bad company
15 January 2013Certain mutations cause a cancer-preventing protein to interfere with cellular pathways and actively drive cancer progression
Photodetector
Pushing the limits of broadband
15 January 2013Development of an ultrafast photodetector that shows promise for integration with silicon chips could lead to increased fiber optical broadband speeds
Plasmonics
Guided by metal and glass
15 January 2013A novel optical-fiber design could reduce inefficiency and enable faster transmission of data-carrying light pulses
Molecular Dynamics
Shining light on hair composition
15 January 2013A computational study of human hair provides insights into the structure of its poorly understood outer surface
Data Storage
Good things come in small packages
1 January 2013Nanoscale engineering of materials that come in two different guises could lead to faster, smaller and more stable electronic memories
Evolution
The origins of a genetic switch
1 January 2013Experiments reveal that the gene controlling the development of an important human organelle hails back to primitive invertebrates
Metabolite
Accelerating cellular assembly lines
1 January 2013Insights into cellular productivity could boost generation of proteins with valuable research and medical applications
Imaging
A sharp look beneath the surface
1 January 2013A new image-reconstruction method yields clear images of subsurface features in biological specimens and technological components
Microelectronics
Miniaturized sensors hold up under pressure
1 January 2013Implantable medical devices may soon improve thanks to new developments in miniaturized pressure sensors
