Highlights
Data Storage Institute (DSI)
Laying the foundations for hybrid silicon lasers
13 June 2017A new technique for manufacturing hybrid silicon lasers paves the way
for low-cost, mass-produced photonic devices usable in a range of applications
Mass Cytometry
Better profiling our immune defenders
13 June 2017Characterization of innate lymphoid cells with an
advanced cytometric technique yields surprising insights
Development
Protein prompts a primordial proliferation
13 June 2017A regulatory protein ensures that egg precursor cells
boost their numbers during embryonic development
Excited States
Making brighter protein predictions
30 May 2017Supercomputer
simulations shorten development time of rigid fluorescent molecules used to clarify
protein structure and dynamics
Leukemia
Keeping immune cells alive
30 May 2017New
role discovered for a well-known gene in the survival of white blood
cells
Institute Of Chemical And Engineering Sciences (ICES)
Enzymes engineered using directed evolution
30 May 2017Directed
evolution has been used to design enzymes able to make imaging agents for
medical diagnosis
Graphene
Graphene chills out
30 May 2017Flat
sheets of carbon, and other two-dimensional materials, lose heat more easily
when encased
Liver Cells
Turning stem cells into ‘canaries’
30 May 2017Reverse-engineering
white blood cells into stem cells offers promise for a novel test that could help
in delivering less toxic treatment regimens
Cancer
Enzyme makes TB bacteria eat themselves
30 May 2017An
organic compound found in red wine boosts the body’s ability to fight drug-resistant
tuberculosis
Spectroscopy
Getting the skinny on different shades of fat
16 May 2017Differences
in fat tissues’ light reflecting properties make for easy detection
A*STAR Singapore Immunology Network (A*STAR SIgN)
10-dollar test detects tuberculosis in minutes
16 May 2017Scientists develop a quick, cheap and portable test for diagnosing tuberculosis
Meiosis
Attachments that push the envelope
16 May 2017A more detailed understanding of cell divisions giving rise to sperm and egg cells could lead to infertility treatments
Genetics
An inflammatory gene
16 May 2017Genetic malfunction causes
hyperactive inflammation and cancer susceptibility
