Highlights
Nanofabrication
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
ILCs
Better profiling our immune defenders
13 June 2017Characterization of innate lymphoid cells with an
advanced cytometric technique yields surprising insights
Mitosis
Protein prompts a primordial proliferation
13 June 2017A regulatory protein ensures that egg precursor cells
boost their numbers during embryonic development
Graphene
Graphene chills out
30 May 2017Flat
sheets of carbon, and other two-dimensional materials, lose heat more easily
when encased
Stem 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
Immunotherapy
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
Density Functional Theory
Making brighter protein predictions
30 May 2017Supercomputer
simulations shorten development time of rigid fluorescent molecules used to clarify
protein structure and dynamics
Autoimmune
Keeping immune cells alive
30 May 2017New
role discovered for a well-known gene in the survival of white blood
cells
Fluorination
Enzymes engineered using directed evolution
30 May 2017Directed
evolution has been used to design enzymes able to make imaging agents for
medical diagnosis
Genetics
An inflammatory gene
16 May 2017Genetic malfunction causes
hyperactive inflammation and cancer susceptibility
Lorentz Force
Floating fields for fine fabrication
16 May 2017A new magnetic system could
precisely control the movement of levitating objects for many manufacturing
applications
Colorectal Cancer
A closer look at cell types
16 May 2017Analyzing gene activity in single cells offers a
clearer view of bowel cancer
Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC)
Getting the skinny on different shades of fat
16 May 2017Differences
in fat tissues’ light reflecting properties make for easy detection
