Highlights
Solar Cells
One stone, two birds
8 November 2011A single polymer can be used to fabricate both thin-film transistors and solar cells
Cancer
Cooperative partners
8 November 2011Structural analysis indicates how two different antibodies to a cancer-causing protein could work together to block its function
Malaria
Spotting the invaders
8 November 2011A vaccine against a devastating form of malaria common in Asia and South America is one step closer thanks to a long-awaited methodological advance
Nanotechnology
Sizing up cells
8 November 2011A numerical model could improve the performance of cell-sorting devices by predicting the paths taken by deformable cells
Electronics
Looking good
8 November 2011A passive alignment method offers an easy solution for fabricating integrated photonic circuits
A*STAR Institute Of Microelectronics (A*STAR IME)
Perfecting plastic
25 October 2011The rate of data transmission over plastic optical fibers can be increased by controlling modal dispersion with simple and robust tapers on each end
Zebrafish
Delayed polyadenylation of maternal mRNA
25 October 2011An atlas of embryonic stage-specific gene expression in fish provides insights into a long-standing enigma of the developmental process
Optics
In the crossfire
25 October 2011The elimination of detrimental cross-talks in single-photon detectors pushes quantum optics to new limits
Stem Cells
Battle of the sex chromosomes
25 October 2011Skewed X chromosome expression may confound laboratory models of human diseases
Cell Imaging
A resonant improvement
25 October 2011Coupling nanoparticles to purpose-built resonators boosts the performance of Raman spectroscopy
Cancer
Breaking into liver cancer
25 October 2011Chronic hepatitis B virus enhances liver cancer susceptibility by blocking a key DNA repair enzyme
A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (A*STAR BTI)
A way to maintain pluripotency
11 October 2011Fibroblast growth factor-2 keeps stems cells in their undifferentiated state by activating Wnt signaling
Cancer
Aggravating tumor aggressiveness
11 October 2011A protein secreted from breast cancer cells enhances the spread and survival of tumor cells
