Highlights
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
Optics
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
A*STAR Institute Of Microelectronics (A*STAR IME)
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
Development
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
Cell Biology
Accelerating cellular assembly lines
1 January 2013Insights into cellular productivity could boost generation of proteins with valuable research and medical applications
Optics
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
Text Detection
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
Cell Biology
Flushing out fats
18 December 2012A protein that contributes to cancer vulnerability also plays a surprising role in cardiovascular health and illuminates a promising target pathway for drug treatments for cardiovascular diseases
