Highlights
Nanotechnology
Unmasking the properties of 2D materials
23 February 2016Innovative method creates larger sheets of two-dimensional materials
Hysteresis
Fine-grained memory loss
23 February 2016Nanocrystalline shape memory alloys lose their memory as the crystalline grains get smaller
Fluid Dynamics
Bursting through for a bubble solution
23 February 2016A simple fluid dynamics model accurately
predicts how bubbles impact on solid surfaces
Transforming Carbon Dioxide
Making molecules that twinkle
10 February 2016Single step process transforms carbon dioxide into star-shaped molecules
that are promising building blocks for useful polymeric materials
Heat Shock Protein 27
Pop in a shock protein to pep up production
10 February 2016A protein produced by cells in response to stress can improve the production of biological medicines
Stem Cells
Better burn therapy on the horizon
10 February 2016Isolating the cells responsible for healthy skin grafts could optimize a decades-old burn therapy
Singapore Institute For Clinical Sciences (SICS)
Maternal health linked to child’s risk of obesity
10 February 2016The cultural diversity of Singapore offers insights into associations between body status of mothers and infants
Antibodies
Fine-tuning immune cell function
10 February 2016The function of mature B cells is regulated by a small genomic cluster called mir-17-92
Efficiency
All eyes on the conductor
10 February 2016A ‘conductor’ that ensures simultaneous processing tasks keep time could dramatically increase the efficiency of ‘cloud’ simulations
ICU
Monocytes switch roles during sepsis
26 January 2016Monocytes are ‘reprogrammed’ to be immunosuppressive as sepsis progresses
Silicon
Exciting silicon nanoparticles
26 January 2016Separating the electric and magnetic components of light scattered by
silicon nanoparticles enables more precise control of light
Microglia
Confirming the origin of macrophages
26 January 2016Macrophages
are shown to originate from two distinct sources during the earliest stages of
development in the embryo
Pharmaceutical
The perfect couple
26 January 2016Innovative molecule helps palladium catalyst create complex compounds
