Highlights
Data Storage Institute (DSI)
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
Photonics
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
Human
Shining light on hair composition
15 January 2013A computational study of human hair provides insights into the structure of its poorly understood outer surface
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
A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (A*STAR BTI)
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
Silicon Nanowires
Miniaturized sensors hold up under pressure
1 January 2013Implantable medical devices may soon improve thanks to new developments in miniaturized pressure sensors
Video
Detecting text every which way
1 January 2013Software that detects and extracts text from within video frames, making it searchable, is set to make a vast resource even more valuable
Data Storage Institute (DSI)
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
A*STAR Institute Of Microelectronics (A*STAR IME)
A fast and loose approach improves memory
18 December 2012An unconventional design for a nanoscale memory device uses a freely moving mechanical shuttle to improve performance
Data Storage
Hybrid solutions
18 December 2012As demand escalates for ever-faster and more efficient and reliable data storage, researchers turn to next-generation non-volatile memory technology
