Highlights
Chemistry
Going lead-free is easy
26 October 2010Hydrothermal synthesis offers an easier route to lead-free piezoelectric materials
A*STAR Institute Of Microelectronics (A*STAR IME)
A thousand captures at a time
26 October 2010A new breed of microfluidic devices can accelerate drug discovery by making it possible to assess the effects of thousands of drug candidates on ion channels simultaneously
Infectious Disease
A portable device for virus detection
26 October 2010A device that runs on batteries and fits in the palm of your hand can detect viruses in just 35 minutes
Institute Of Chemical And Engineering Sciences (ICES)
Infection turned protection
26 October 2010Cells that fight herpes viruses also help us fend off other viruses
Genomics
Susceptibility loci for meningococcal disease
12 October 2010A genome-wide association study identifies genetic factors that increase the risk of meningococcal disease
Institute Of Chemical And Engineering Sciences (ICES)
Going green with copper
12 October 2010Copper salts could replace highly toxic osmium tetroxide as a catalyst for the oxidation of alkenes to diacetoxy compounds
Cells
Healing a broken heart
12 October 2010A new bioprocessing system enables large-scale production of heart muscle cells from stem cells
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC)
Another way to keep thin?
12 October 2010A highly truncated receptor protein variant retains the ability to modulate metabolic activity in mice
DNA
Morpholino offers you more
12 October 2010Morpholino-based biosensors are more stable, more specific and more sensitive than conventional biosensors for DNA detection
A*STAR Singapore Institute Of Manufacturing Technology (A*STAR SIMTech)
Below the surface
12 October 2010New laser engraving technology can be used to make markings inside a block of stainless steel
A*STAR Institute Of Molecular And Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB)
Regulatory dysfunction spells trouble
28 September 2010Discovery of the mechanism regulating the expression of an enzyme implicated in human cancer could open new avenues for treatment
Nanoparticles
Composition of functions
28 September 2010Compositional tuning proves to be an effective approach for the fabrication of semiconductor nanocrystals with novel optical functions
Data Storage
A head-to-head comparison
28 September 2010Hard disk drives could cram ten terabits of data per square inch of area using a new read head design
