Highlights
Data Storage
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
Diabetes
Showing diabetes at work
18 December 2012The recently developed ability to chart the molecular progress of diabetes brings much-needed personalized medicine closer to realization
MicroRNA
Modeling cancer on the fly
4 December 2012A study of fruit fly genes reveals how molecules cooperate to induce tumor formation
Bioreactor
Laboratory bioreactor boosts yields
4 December 2012Inducing stem cells to become different cell types efficiently, and on a large scale, is now possible using a three-dimensional platform
Electronics
Graphene sheets’ growing attractions
4 December 2012A theoretical and numerical study of graphene sheets reveals a property that may lead to novel opto-electric devices and circuits
Lithography
High-resolution images get richer in contrast
4 December 2012A method that boosts the contrast of high-resolution optical images has the potential to enable lithography at the nanoscale
Data Storage
Electrically enhanced recall
4 December 2012Operating tiny magnetic memories under electrical fields reduces power demand and could enable storage and retrieval of data at much higher speeds than conventional devices
Graphene
Graphene’s flexible future
4 December 2012Theoretical calculations show graphene’s potential for controlling nanoscale light propagation on a chip
Immunology
Making sense of contradictions
20 November 2012Researchers from A*STAR explain how defects in a signaling protein sabotage the immune system in multiple, seemingly contradictory ways
Drug Resistance
The plastic approach
20 November 2012Our antibiotic armory is set to benefit from the development of short-chain synthetic polymers with potent efficacy against multidrug-resistant microbes
Green Chemistry
The sweet conversion of a by-product
20 November 2012The waste plant materials remaining from palm oil extraction processes can now be converted into a useful sugar
Wireless Communications
Mobile devices keep track
20 November 2012A more sensitive technique for determining user position could lead to improved location-based mobile services
