Highlights
Dermatitis
Understanding infants’ itchy skin
5 January 2016The age at which eczema appears in young children may indicate its cause
A*STAR Institute Of Molecular And Cell Biology (A*STAR IMCB)
Genomic re-arrangement linked to gastric cancer
15 December 2015Fusion of two genes that regulate cellular adhesion increases risk of gastric cancer
Virus
Putting a block on inflammation
15 December 2015Limiting immune response can reduce joint injury caused by the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus
Germanium–silicon
Prospecting for green catalysts
15 December 2015Computer calculations indicate the best places to look for nanowire catalysts to accelerate green reactions
Institute Of Medical Biology (IMB)
Tracing paths through a bottleneck
15 December 2015Computational analysis automatically identifies the paths of neurons and blood vessels in medical images
Game Theory
Who’s the master?
15 December 2015Continuous adaptation makes for more natural interactions between robots
and humans in shared tasks
Antimicrobials
Breaking through the bacterial membrane
15 December 2015Antimicrobials generated using a multidisciplinary fragment-based strategy destroy drug-resistant bacterial membranes
Singapore Institute For Clinical Sciences (SICS)
Adding weight to the birth story
1 December 2015High levels
of DNA methylation at a particular genetic location are linked to greater birth
weight and higher adiposity
Stem Cells
Growing stem cells at large scale
1 December 2015To produce
mesenchymal stem cells in large numbers will require careful tuning of their
growth media
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Electric assistance for stroke recovery
1 December 2015Robotic therapy works better
if stroke patients’ brains are stimulated by electricity
Gold
All that glitters is still gold
1 December 2015Nanoscale
ribbons of a new phase of gold have been produced with a different crystalline
structure
Mathematics
Counting in adagio
1 December 2015Listening to slow and steady music can help alleviate
a fear of testing in numbers
Light Scattering
Steering the flow of light
1 December 2015Tiny particles with varied shapes scatter light in useful and unusual ways
