Exploring the kinetics of the interactions controlling the gating of the Ca2+-release activated Ca2+ channel by Zhang, Ai

“…But the fundamental issue regarding the kinetics of STIM1-ORAI1 interaction is unresolved. Here we use surface plasmon resonance technique to study STIM1-ORAI1 binding kinetics, and size exclusion chromatography coupled with light scattering technique to study STIM1 aggregation via in vitro assays. …”
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Singapore : a success story without a soul by Nur Diyanah Mohd Azmi

“…However, this success comes at a high price – the cost of the nation’s soul. The Singapore soul here refers to the culture and identity of the nation and its people. …”
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Quorum sensing signalling and activated sludge microbial communities by Tan, Chuan Hao

“…However, defining the relevance of QS in complex, multi-species microbial communities remains one of the greatest challenges for understanding the ecological role of QS in nature. Here, a long-term bioreactor ecology study was performed to address the links between QS, metabolic function, organization and composition of complex microbial consortia of the activated sludge system. …”
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Functional significance of the STEVOR multigene family of plasmodium falciparum by Madnani, Kripa Gopal

“…This work focuses on their role during the blood stages of parasite development within the human host. Here, we show that STEVOR is an important ligand for parasite rosetting and that it interacts with Glycophorin C on the surface of the uninfected RBC. …”
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Race and Racial Identity: The [Other]s’ Face of Singapore by Jin, Mark Rong

“…This paper seeks to take a more critical look at the concept of race and racial categories here in Singapore, through shedding greater light on how individuals within the “Others” category view race and how they negotiate their personal identity in light of the dominant Chinese-Malay-Indian-Others (CMIO) categorization. …”
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Production and purification of protein nanocages displaying binding domains by Lam, Ngo Cheung

“…Ferritin and E2 core domain are two examples of protein nanocages that can be engineered at the inner surface, external surface and interface between subunits for enhanced functionality. Here, we are interested in displaying two types of binding domains on a mutated form of Archaeoglobus fulgidus ferritin (AfFtn-AA) and Geobacillus stearothemophilus E2: cellulose-binding domain (CBD) and lipid-binding domain (LBD). …”
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3D printed photoacoustic shockwave transducer for cavitation research by Chan, Weiwei

“…Previous designs employed concave glass substrates decorated with catalytically grown carbon nanotubes. Here, we show that arbitrarily shaped surfaces made of polymers and printed with 3D printers allow the generation of waveforms with complex temporal and spatial shape. …”
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Preparation and characterisation of smart polymer gels for wearable electronics by Shen, Clarence Xuanyi

“…In this project, dielectric layer in thin-film transistors is the subject of focus as several compounds were investigated for their potential as a self-healing material for these transistors that can be used in flexible devices or wearable technologies. Here, a compound managed to successfully fabricate thin-film transistors that possess a self-healable dielectric layer and functional Field-Effect Mobility. …”
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The differential substitution of dental fricatives : an anatomical perspective by Lin, Jingmin

“…Preliminary results support a general conclusion that the anterior dentition and anterior oral morphology may indeed impact the successful productions of voiceless dental fricatives, although future confirmatory studies are required to validate the results here. These findings underscore the importance of taking anatomical variation into consideration when examining linguistic phenomena.…”
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Gravitation and quadratic forms by Ananth, Sudarshan, Brink, Lars, Majumdar, Sucheta, Mali, Mahendra, Shah, Nabha

“…The light-cone Hamiltonians describing both pure ( N = 0) Yang-Mills and N = 4 super Yang-Mills may be expressed as quadratic forms. Here, we show that this feature extends to theories of gravity. …”
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Zinc hydroxyapatite catalyst for decomposition of 2-propanol by Low, Hou Ran, Avdeev, Maxim, Ramesh, Kanaparthi, White, Timothy John

“…Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is attracting interest as a heterogeneous catalyst due to its “zeolitic” properties that allow tailoring of chemically active surface sites for specific applications. Here, the crystallographic modification of HAp through incorporation of zinc (Zn2+) was studied using diffraction and spectroscopic techniques. …”
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Analysis of graphene TE surface plasmons in the terahertz regime by He, Xiao Yong, Tao, Jin, Meng, Bo

“…If the permeability of the dielectrics on both sides of the graphene layer differs enough, the graphene TE modes can still be achieved. The work presented here has the potential for application to graphene-based plasmonic devices in photonics and optoelectronics, such as sensors, polarizers and modulators.…”
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Triadic interaction in the background of a pairwise spin-glass by Bagherikalhor, M., Askari, B., Jafari, G. R.

“…Although the p-spin interactions were studied individually without considering lower-order interactions, is it always feasible to ignore the lower ones? Here, we are interested in finding an analytical solution for considering a triadic interaction as a perturbation in the background of a pairwise interaction in the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin-glass model. …”

Resolving a puzzle about moral responsibility and logical truth by Geddes, A

“…And, given this conception, (A) is false—for reasons independent of (B). So the import here concerns, not a connection between responsibility and the debate over incompatibilism, but a connection between responsibility and the debate over the correct conception of logical truth: one can hold on to (A), or hold on to the relevant conception of logical truth, but not both.…”

Bright and stable anti-counterfeiting devices with independent stochastic processes covering multiple length scales by Zhang, J, Creamer, A, Xie, K, Tang, J, Salter, L, Wojciechowski, JP, Stevens, MM

“…Current PUF devices are often based on a single stochastic process, which can be broken, especially since their practical encoding capacities can be significantly lower than the theoretical value. Here we present stochastic PUF devices with features across multiple length scales, which incorporate semiconducting polymer nanoparticles (SPNs) as fluorescent taggants. …”

Extending material cognition to primate tool use by Mosley, H, Haslam, M

“…The concept of extended or distributed cognition has been present in archaeology for some time, yet despite its inclusion of non-human hominin ancestors, it has remained distinctly anthropocentric in nature. Here, we suggest that the same concept may also be used to independently describe and interpret non-human animals within their own social and material networks. …”

Interchromosomal contacts between regulatory regions trigger stable transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in Drosophila by Fitz-James, MH, Sabarís, G, Sarkies, P, Bantignies, F, Cavalli, G

“…In Drosophila, hemizygosity of the Fab-7 regulatory element triggers inheritance of the histone mark H3K27me3 at a homologous locus on another chromosome, resulting in heritable epigenetic differences in eye color. Here, by mutating transcription factor binding sites within the Fab-7 element, we demonstrate the importance of the proteins pleiohomeotic and GAGA factor in the establishment and maintenance of TEI. …”

Video Google: efficient visual search of videos by Sivic, J, Zisserman, A

“…This requires a visual analogy of a word which is provided here by vector quantizing the region descriptors. …”

Excitons at the phase transition of 2D hybrid perovskites by Ziegler, JD, Lin, K-Q, Meisinger, B, Zhu, X, Kober-Czerny, M, Nayak, PK, Vona, C, Taniguchi, T, Watanabe, K, Draxl, C, Snaith, HJ, Lupton, JM, Egger, DA, Chernikov, A

“…However, to what extent the phase transitions in 2D perovskites alter the fundamental exciton properties remains barely explored so far. Here, we study the influence of the phase transition on both exciton binding energy and exciton diffusion, demonstrating their robust nature across the phase transition. …”

Attention and positive sentiments towards carbon dioxide removal have grown on social media over the past decade by Repke, T, Müller-Hansen, F, Cox, E, Minx, JC

“…To engage with publics and ensure a social licence to deploy large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR), better understanding of public perceptions of these technologies is necessary. Here, we analyse attention and sentiments towards ten CDR methods using Twitter data from 2010 to 2022. …”