Highlights
A*STAR Institute Of Materials Research And Engineering (A*STAR IMRE)
Switched-on color-changing polymers
30 March 2010Unique organic ring compounds combine to form smart materials with tunable visual attributes
Cells
Stopping bad news from spreading
30 March 2010Dividing cells employ multiple, parallel countermeasures to prevent the transmission of damaged genetic material
Materials
Twin tricks
30 March 2010‘Nanotwinned’ metals display both ultrahigh strength and ductility by forcing crystal dislocations to behave in strange ways
Cells
Little triggers, big changes
16 March 2010Two calcium-binding events set major structural rearrangements into motion for an important regulatory protein of human cells
Polymers
A phobia of light
16 March 2010Exposure to short pulses of light changes how a polymer surface interacts with water droplets
Stem Cells
Liver repairs
16 March 2010A fibrous polymer scaffold can deliver liver-like cells into damaged liver for tissue repair
Heusler Alloy
A good match
16 March 2010A tailored material combination may boost the sensitivity of future disk-drive read heads
Chemistry
Guided by nature
16 March 2010The versatile chemical synthesis of natural fungal compounds should lead to new candidates for malaria treatments
Sensors
A lasting impact
16 March 2010A recently developed wireless heart sensor can continuously monitor and broadcast data for a week on a single battery charge
Cells
Finding the right way to move
2 March 2010Cytoskeletal proteins stabilize a factor that helps cells to refine their sense of direction
Immunology
Taming the virus
2 March 2010Immune cells infected by the dengue virus play a key role in fighting against viral growth
Ferroelectrics
See the light
2 March 2010Thin-film ferroelectrics offer a fundamentally different route to photovoltaic devices
Semiconductors
Bright attractions
2 March 2010Application of an external magnetic field enhances the extraction efficiency of laser light from elliptical microcavities
