Highlights
Magnetic
Staying on track
28 June 2016A combination of advanced signal processing and magnetic layer stacking promises to increase hard drive capacity and reliability
Phase Transition
Perovskite promise
28 June 2016Computer model fills fundamental knowledge gaps of a high performance solar material
Gastric Emptying
Chew slowly and chomp less
28 June 2016Chewing habits determine blood sugar levels after a carbohydrate-rich meal
Obesity
Transmitting risk from mother to child
14 June 2016Nature and nurture work in unexpected ways to determine obesity and diabetes risk even before birth
Breast Cancer
Resisting cancer drug resistance
14 June 2016Therapeutic target takes aim at a virulent strain of cancer
Traffic Flow
Mathematics to the rescue
14 June 2016A mathematical analysis of urban traffic models clarifies a dispute over which approach is the best
Institute Of Bioengineering And Nanotechnology (IBN)
A cyclic route to degradable materials
14 June 2016Rapid synthesis of ring-shaped molecules offers a cheap route to a plethora of polymers with health and environmental applications
A*STAR Institute Of High Performance Computing (A*STAR IHPC)
Graphene-based thermal modulators
14 June 2016Squeezing graphene is a way to control its heat conduction, paving the way to harvesting waste heat for power
Mass Cytometry
The journey from blood to tonsils
14 June 2016Single-cell analysis reveals how immune cells are related and which ones accumulate in the tonsils during childhood
Single-cell Transcriptome Analysis
Early deciders
1 June 2016Precursors to dendritic cells decide what they want to be when they grow
up much earlier than previously thought
A*STAR Institute For Infocomm Research (A*STAR I²R)
High-tech librarian knows its books
1 June 2016Automated robot that scans library shelves using laser mapping and radio tags can ensure no book is misplaced again
In Vitro Model
An animal-free prediction model
1 June 2016A cell imaging-based screening approach predicts toxic effects of chemicals on the human kidney
Photosensitizer
Red for go, green for done
1 June 2016A molecular probe has been developed that emits light at critical stages while destroying tumor cells
