Highlights
Urban Solutions And Sustainability (USS)
Mapping the pulse of Singapore’s shared bikes
12 July 2021Quantifying where and when communities use dockless bike-share systems could help operators and urban planners design more biking-friendly cities.
A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (A*STAR BTI)
Cracking the glycan code
8 July 2021A database of ion-mobility mass spectrometry information is taking the guesswork out of glycan analysis.
Pandemic
A new approach to an old pandemic
6 July 2021The discovery of a new, highly conserved druggable site on the HIV reverse transcriptase could turn the tide in the wake of growing drug resistance.
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Opening the cellular gates to glucose
2 July 2021Low levels of sugar entering into pancreatic cells may be the culprit behind insulin secretion defects in early-onset diabetes.
A*STAR Singapore Immunology Network (A*STAR SIgN)
Figuring out one fever from another
30 June 2021A*STAR researchers identified immune markers that can distinguish between common febrile diseases in Saudi Arabia.
Innate Immunity
NLRP1: How the body senses the common cold virus
28 June 2021The mysterious trigger of the NLRP1 inflammasome sensor has finally been identified: a protease found in the common cold-causing human rhinovirus tells our body that it has been invaded.
Singapore Institute For Clinical Sciences (SICS)
Comparing COVID-19 in children and adults
22 June 2021Understanding why COVID-19 tends to strike the old but spare the young could inform how to prioritize limited COVID-19 vaccines.
Polymers
Keeping it cool with polymer-encapsulated pigments
18 June 2021Encapsulating sun-blocking pigment particles within polymer shells can improve their ability to reflect light, leading to the enhanced cooling performance of coatings.
Carbon Dioxide
Controlling defects to capture more CO2
16 June 2021Defects are not necessarily bad; researchers have used them to improve the ability of molybdenum oxide thin films to capture CO2.
Institute Of Bioengineering And Nanotechnology (IBN)
Sifting out rare stem cells
14 June 2021Single-cell techniques have helped to identify a key molecular switch controlling how adult cells can be turned back to a stem cell-like state.
3D Printing
When two are stronger than one
10 June 2021New research shows that titanium alloys joined by 3D-printed curved interlayers are stronger and less likely to crack.
Public Health
Getting ahead of dengue outbreaks
8 June 2021This two-step outbreak detection framework could give early warnings of dengue outbreaks, improving Singapore’s ability to control the disease.
Immunology
Deciphering a wound healing paradox
4 June 2021A*STAR researchers identify a novel mechanism in which an inflammatory protein heals wounds in healthy individuals but has the opposite effect in diabetics.
