A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (A*STAR SIMTech)

Computerized design reveals how honeycomb-like frameworks
with unusual rippled shapes can produce buckle-resistant architectures

A strategy for stabilizing silver films could make high-efficiency fuel cells usable in portable devices

A microfluidic organ-on-a-chip device combines skin culture and testing capabilities to offer a substitute to animal testing

Tailor-made metallic foams could soak up sound in high pressure, high temperature environments such as jet engines

Thiol molecules drive gold atoms to form a forest of nanowires with useful properties

Improved forecasting of sunlight could help increase solar energy generation

Extremely short mid-infrared laser pulses will help scientists explore ultrafast processes in atoms

An
exact mathematical solution reveals how to tilt a laser pulse and move
intensity peaks at faster than the speed of light, or even backwards

New
technique for creating lightweight materials that are stiffer and stronger than previously possible

An integrated design strategy
lowers the mass and costs of motors that move objects nanometers at a time

A magnetic method for polishing metals enables mold templates with
microscale features

Understanding how a fly modulates its feeding behavior could help fight obesity