Highlights
Chinese
Tofu to make us too full for more
8 September 2016A
common food additive could be combined with tofu to control appetite and calorie
consumption in Asian diets
A*STAR Institute Of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC)
Lighting the way to miniature devices
8 September 2016Electromagnetic waves created on a layer of organic molecules could provide the perfect on-chip light source for future quantum communication systems
Simulation
Understanding how flat phosphorus grows
8 September 2016Modeling the growth of tiny flakes of a two-dimensional form of phosphorus could help researchers one day produce better electronics
Synthetic Oligomer
Killing bacteria in seconds
8 September 2016A synthetic material that kills common bacteria in seconds could have far-reaching applications in healthcare and domestic settings
Microreactors
A recipe for filling in the gaps
23 August 2016A decision-making tool helps producers of pharmaceutical and other valuable chemicals make the leap to an entirely new way of manufacturing
Nephritis
Immune cells upset the kidney
23 August 2016Infiltrating self-defense cells provoke kidney failure in a chronic autoimmune disease
Susceptibility
Uncovering cellular mechanisms
23 August 2016New genes associated with primary angle closure glaucoma suggest which structural cell processes might cause the disease
Liver Cancer
B cell clusters help control liver cancer
23 August 2016Immune system B cells play a role in tackling liver cancer and provide a marker for patient prognosis
Stem Cells
Gene mutation halts embryonic pancreas development
23 August 2016A genetic mutation and a few short days in the development of an embryo could hold the key to a lifetime living with diabetes
Antinomy-doped Tin Oxide
Admitting visible light, rejecting infrared heat
23 August 2016A coating that blocks 90 per cent of the heat from sunlight could be used to develop smart windows
Silicon
Silicon brings more color to holograms
9 August 2016Silicon holograms harness the full visible spectrum to
bring holographic projections one step closer
Metal Ion Binding
Ringing the changes
9 August 2016Subtle variations in size, shape and electronic properties of ring-shaped molecules, known as macrocycles, lead to changes in ion-selectivity
Cancer
Zebrafish model leads to new drug target
9 August 2016Blocking a protein in a critical signaling pathway
could offer a new way to combat tumors
