Highlights
Cancer
Pressing pause on DNA damage
16 November 2020A protein known to switch on DNA repair genes also ‘pauses’ the cell cycle in response to DNA damage, A*STAR researchers find.
A*STAR Genome Institute Of Singapore (A*STAR GIS)
Reversing a cancer crisis
13 November 2020Researchers have pieced together a series of molecular events that trigger the progression of chronic myeloid leukemia to its acute phase—the ‘blast crisis.’
Machine Learning
Taking fashion from streets to shops
11 November 2020Researchers have created a new computational framework that is set to transform the online shopping experience.
Material Science
Ultrasound imaging, the green way
9 November 2020Lead-free piezoceramics sacrifice performance for lower toxicity, but A*STAR researchers have developed a method to overcome that.
Smart Nation And Digital Economy (SNDE)
Machine learning gets a new syllabus
4 November 2020A new deep learning method increases the accuracy and range of applications for computer vision platforms.
Image Processing
Seeing clearly through the haze
2 November 2020A promising new computational model can recreate clean images out of hazy ones.
Proteomics
Tiny but full of energy
28 October 2020Researchers at A*STAR have discovered how a class of small proteins is essential for metabolism.
Dengue Virus
An indelible memory of dengue
26 October 2020New clues into how the immune system remembers a dengue infection may lead to a better vaccine.
Diabetes
Delivering drugs in a pinch
21 October 2020Using magnets, scientists have developed an innovative pressure-based technique that represents a new frontier in needle-free drug delivery.
Computer Science
The battle of the bugs goes digital
19 October 2020A new machine learning technique can predict the dynamics between microbes and therapeutics with unprecedented accuracy.
Developmental Biology
Genetic clues lead to the identification of Jamuar Syndrome
16 October 2020An international consortium gives a debilitating childhood disorder a name and a genetic cause.
Photodetectors
Paving the way for infrared photodetectors
14 October 2020Faster temperature scanners may be on the way thanks to A*STAR researchers who have developed an infrared photodetector that works at room temperature.
Metabolic Disease
You are when you eat
12 October 2020It’s not only high-sugar diets that we should be concerned about, but also the timing of when we eat them, finds a study in the emerging field of chrononutrition.
