Highlights
T-cells
Putting a block on inflammation
15 December 2015Limiting immune response can reduce joint injury caused by the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus
Water Splitting
Prospecting for green catalysts
15 December 2015Computer calculations indicate the best places to look for nanowire catalysts to accelerate green reactions
Tracing
Tracing paths through a bottleneck
15 December 2015Computational analysis automatically identifies the paths of neurons and blood vessels in medical images
A*STAR Institute For Infocomm Research (A*STAR I²R)
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
Anisotropy
All that glitters is still gold
1 December 2015Nanoscale
ribbons of a new phase of gold have been produced with a different crystalline
structure
A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute (A*STAR BII)
Counting in adagio
1 December 2015Listening to slow and steady music can help alleviate
a fear of testing in numbers
Dielectric
Steering the flow of light
1 December 2015Tiny particles with varied shapes scatter light in useful and unusual ways
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
Brain–computer Interface
Electric assistance for stroke recovery
1 December 2015Robotic therapy works better
if stroke patients’ brains are stimulated by electricity
Machine Learning
Kidney toxicity predicted with stem cell model
17 November 2015Kidney cells made from reprogrammed stem cells lead scientists to an accurate way to screen for toxic compounds
Capacitance
Graphene’s stabling influence
17 November 2015Graphene and metal nitrides improve the performance and stability of energy storage devices
