Highlights
Silicon
Fidelity in a marriage between electronic and optical effects
18 April 2017Simultaneously
simulating electrical and optical input achieves unprecedented performance in
electro-optical interfaces
Corrosion
Looking longer for safer corrosion treatments
18 April 2017A
new technique for investigating the action of molybdate on carbon steel could
lead to safer treatments for protecting metal alloys
A*STAR Singapore Immunology Network (A*STAR SIgN)
Charting T cell territory
18 April 2017An
atlas of immune cells shows unexpected complexity, but could ultimately offer
valuable clinical insights
A*STAR Institute Of Materials Research And Engineering (A*STAR IMRE)
Taking the sting out of bone repair
4 April 2017Spherical
biodegradable carriers support scalable and cost-effective stem cell expansion and
bone formation for tissue engineering
Lactam
Alkaloid synthesis shows the strength in diversity
4 April 2017A transition
metal catalyst triggers the transformation of an advanced synthetic
intermediate into a whole family of naturally occurring molecules
Photonics
The perfect pattern to trap light
4 April 2017Superimposing two lattices of similar periods creates
structures that researchers can design to control and localize light
Cdk1
Keeping egg cells on ice
4 April 2017Female
fertility is maintained by a newly discovered molecular mechanism that freezes
the cell cycle in egg cells
Memory
Damping gives a faster switch
4 April 2017Controlling memory with
electric fields enables faster and more energy-efficient computing
Stem Cells
How heart stem cells get made
4 April 2017Understanding how a protein influences early heart development could help scientists develop better regenerative therapies.
Hydrogen
Hydrogen freed by nanoparticle duo
21 March 2017Heat
treatment offers precise control over catalytic activity of metal sulfide nanoparticles
Silicon
A tough coat for silicon
21 March 2017Supercritical
carbon dioxide delivers protective molecules to semiconductor surfaces
Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)
Translating the ribosome’s grim role
21 March 2017Could a surprise hookup prove fatal for the
long fragments of ‘junk’ RNA?
Mamory
More open to coercion
21 March 2017A novel ‘soft’ magnetic
material could enable faster computer memory