Highlights
Code-morphing
Diverting distraction
12 February 2018To avoid getting sidetracked by distractions, neurons in the brain’s short-term
memory center reorganize their activity patterns
A*STAR Singapore Immunology Network (A*STAR SIgN)
Hepatitis B exploits the liver’s weaknesses
12 February 2018In revealing
the liver’s ‘weak spot’ for hepatitis B virus replication, A*STAR scientists
are paving the way for new drug development efforts
Development
Putting the ‘bones’ in order
12 February 2018Microtubule bridges organize the cytoskeletons of cells in the early embryo
Singheart
Healing damaged hearts
12 February 2018Scientists believe they have discovered why heart muscle cells regenerate so
slowly, opening potential for inducing damaged hearts to repair themselves
Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)
Getting to the root of hair loss
28 January 2018The age-old search for a cure for hair loss may be close to an end
ELABELA
Hormone discovery opens path for new pre-eclampsia treatment
28 January 2018Early diagnosis and treatment of pre-eclampsia could soon be possible
due to the discovery of the pregnancy hormone ELABELA
Coupler
A simpler path
28 January 2018A fresh design approach greatly simplifies a key component of photonic circuits by optimizing the coupling of straight and curved light paths
Offshore Engineering
Computing the ebb and flow
28 January 2018Designing
deep-sea oil rigs could be improved by simplified wave simulations
Security
Bridging the security divide for chat applications
28 January 2018Successful decrypting demonstrations
show that chat-app designers should improve the ways they protect users’ personal data
Plasmonics
Let liquid fingers point the way
28 January 2018Tiny gold spheres can be manipulated on surfaces with nanometer precision using the effects of solvent evaporation
Transition Metal
Picking winners from millions of possibilities
15 January 2018A
clever simulation scheme helps identify the most promising compositions of
two-dimensional materials
Cancer
More evidence for metformin
15 January 2018A
popular diabetes drug could one day be used to treat malignant tumors
Liver
Gut bacteria implicated in liver inflammation
15 January 2018The
effect of gut bacteria on specific immune cells is behind persistent liver
inflammation in chronic viral hepatitis
