Highlights
Electronics
Keeping the heat on
7 June 2011Better insulation makes phase-change memory work faster and more efficiently
Silicon
Double twist
7 June 2011A silicon waveguide that converts the polarization mode of light could speed up the operation of photonic circuits
Photonics
Plasmonics on the grid
7 June 2011Periodic structures in organic light-emitters can efficiently enhance and replenish surface plasmon waves
Institute Of Bioengineering And Nanotechnology (IBN)
A test for toxicity
7 June 2011RoboTox is a robust and high-throughput platform for screening drugs and testing liver toxicity
Cells
Different places, different rules
7 June 2011Small molecules that bind one protein inside the test tube may or may not bind the same protein inside the living cell
A*STAR Singapore Immunology Network (A*STAR SIgN)
An old drug revisited
7 June 2011The antifolate drug methotrexate is highly potent against the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax
Biofuel
Chewing the fat
24 May 2011Enzymes turn vegetable oils into fuel through a flexible two-step process
Chikungunya
The cause of joint pain
24 May 2011Patients with chikungunya fever experience persistent joint pain because their body produces high amounts of pro-inflammatory cytokines
Silicon
Pillars of light
24 May 2011Nanopillars significantly boost the power conversion efficiency of thin-film solar cells
Cancer
Tightening the belt on tumor growth
24 May 2011A newly identified molecular mechanism could lead to treatments to control cancer
Brain
In tune with the brain
24 May 2011A new algorithm improves the way computers interpret readings of the brain’s electrical signals
SNP
Size matters
24 May 2011Variations in three genes can affect the size of the optic disc, a structure in the eye that is larger in individuals with visual dysfunction
Proteins
The key to transformation
10 May 2011The regulatory protein Wbp2 enhances the ability of the transcriptional co-activator TAZ to transform healthy cells into cancer cells
