Highlights
Mass Cytometry
Revisiting selection rules
29 November 2018A machine learning approach helps sort and label cell clusters in multiple dimensions
Smooth Muscle Cells
Identifying white knights of the arteries
29 November 2018A sub-group of white blood cells help maintain arterial structure and may aid development of treatments for vascular diseases
Photonics
Tiny antennae directing light at the chip scale
15 November 2018A hybrid nanoantenna designed to manipulate visible
light could one day help transmit information in tiny optical devices
Coating
Coated for a clearer contrast
15 November 2018Peptide coatings boost the biocompatibility and performance of tiny iron oxide-based particles for diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging
Anion Transport
Monopeptides give pores for thought
15 November 2018Tiny peptide structures team up to form channels that allow rapid transit of ions in and out of cells
Cancer
Controlling the gene for the ‘immortalizing enzyme’
15 November 2018Revealing how a gene is activated in cancer cells to produce an enzyme that helps the cells thrive could lead to new treatments
Aluminium Oxide
A tougher conductive ceramic at lower cost
15 November 2018An inexpensive powder process yields a conductive aluminum-oxide ceramic composite with a raft of industrial applications
Free-form Trusses
Building a new wave of lightweight structural panels
15 November 2018Computerized design reveals how honeycomb-like frameworks
with unusual rippled shapes can produce buckle-resistant architectures
A*STAR Singapore Institute Of Manufacturing Technology (A*STAR SIMTech)
Helping fuel cells beat the heat
15 November 2018A strategy for stabilizing silver films could make high-efficiency fuel cells usable in portable devices
Stem Cells
How a cell’s fate is controlled
15 November 2018A dual-function protein switch can be tweaked to improve the effectiveness of cellular reprogramming
Network
The ripple effects of supply chain disruptions
31 October 2018The
resilience of supply chain networks to major disruptions can now be measured
using a multi-factor test
Nanoelectronics
Taking the edge off of nanoscale heat
31 October 2018Simulations of graphene-like nanoribbons show that
small tweaks to their edge structures can drastically alter heat conduction
Engineering
Going with the flow
31 October 2018A simulation of the forces induced on cylinders by ocean currents could help in the design of off-shore platforms
