Highlights
Cells
Automated eye test
23 November 2010The development of an automated system for analyzing images of the retina will facilitate computer-aided diagnosis of eye diseases
Materials
Smooth operator
23 November 2010Ultrasmooth silver surfaces promise invisibility cloaks, ultrahigh-resolution lenses and other enhanced photonic devices
Electronics
Building bridges with DNA
23 November 2010A highly specific electronic sensor array detects messenger RNA below femtomolar concentrations
Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)
Manipulating the milieu
23 November 2010Cancer cells secrete proteins that help them adapt to low-oxygen environments
Photonics
Optimizing the design of a compact coupler
9 November 2010An optimization program that combines the use of two parallel algorithms has found an ultra-compact design for an optical coupler
SNP
Many a little makes a mickle
9 November 2010Genetic variations related to estrogen production have a cumulative effect on breast and endometrial cancer risk
Stem Cells
Brighten up
9 November 2010A fluorescent probe that selectively highlights embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells is now available
A*STAR Institute Of Molecular And Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB)
A new player in protein secretion
9 November 2010Scientists are establishing the basic molecular network of a new player involved in protein secretion and clarifying its regulation in mammalian cells
Microfluidics
A small mix-up
9 November 2010Instability is the key to mixing fluids with markedly different viscosities in microfluidic devices
Cancer
Taking wraps off mammalian Rap1
9 November 2010Mammalian Rap1 controls transcription through the regulation of NF-κB activity
Virology
A double whammy
26 October 2010HPV18 puts women at a higher risk of developing cervical cancer because the virus converts a repressor of the cell cycle into an activator
Wireless Communications
Sharing in privacy
26 October 2010Information theory shows the best way to share wireless spectrum securely
Hydrothermal
Going lead-free is easy
26 October 2010Hydrothermal synthesis offers an easier route to lead-free piezoelectric materials
