
Tiny Injector To Speed Development Of New, Safer, Cheaper Drugs
Engineering researchers have
fabricated a palm-sized,
automated, micro-injector
that can insert proteins,
DNA and other biomolecules
into individual cells at
... > full story

Sensor Biochips Could Aid In Cancer Diagnosis And Treatment
Researchers in Germany have
developed a new test process
-- using lab-on-a-chip
technology -- for
establishing whether or not
... > full story

Blood Diagnosis: Chip-based And Mobile
New chip-based blood
analysis takes just a few
minutes and the doctor knows
straight-away whether there
are any pathogens in the
blood. An improved
marker-free technique
... > full story

New Findings Could Help Hybrid, Electric Cars Keep Their Cool
Understanding precisely how
fluid boils in tiny
"microchannels" has led to
formulas and models that
will help engineers design
systems to cool high-power
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Breakthrough In Lab-on-chip For Fast Cancer Detection And Therapy
October 28, 2009 European researchers have achieved a major milestone in the development of a lab-on-chip for the detection and therapy evaluation of breast cancer. This is the first time that a lab-on-chip system ... > full story -
Quantum Computer Chips Now One Step Closer To Reality
October 17, 2009 In the quest for smaller, faster computer chips, researchers are increasingly turning to quantum mechanics -- the exotic physics of the small. The problem: the manufacturing techniques required to ... > full story -
Microchip That Can Detect Type And Severity Of Cancer Created
September 30, 2009 Researchers have used nanomaterials to develop a microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that the disease can be detected earlier for more ... > full story -
Perfect Image Without Metamaterials ... And A Reprieve For Silicon Chips
September 29, 2009 Inspired by James Clerk Maxwell's findings, first expounded in the 1850s, a physicist is reintroducing the idea of using a "fish-eye" lens -- a lens that can work in any direction -- to create the ... > full story -
Graphitic Memory: Advances Bring Graphite As Storage Medium A Step Closer
September 13, 2009 Advances have brought graphite's potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable gate arrays that could bring about a revolution in ... > full story -
New Calculations May Improve Temperature Measures For Microfluidics
September 11, 2009 Researchers have proposed a mathematical tweak that improves the accuracy of a temperature measurement technique used to monitor critical temperatures in microfludic devices used for tasks such as ... > full story -
Better Test To Detect DNA For Diagnosing Disease, Investigating Crimes
September 3, 2009 Researchers are reporting development of a new electronic sensor that shows promise as a faster, less expensive, and more practical alternative than tests now used to detect DNA. Such tests are done ... > full story -
Device For On-The-Spot Blood Analysis
August 29, 2009 A hand-held device could offer point-of-care blood cell analysis in doctors' surgeries. The chip within the device uses microfluidics -- a set of technologies that control the flow of minute amounts ... > full story -
Hankering For Molecular Electronics? Grab The New NIST Sandwich
August 28, 2009 Scientists have found a simple method of sandwiching organic molecules between silicon and metal, two materials fundamental to electronic components. By doing so, they may have overcome one of the ... > full story -
New Ultrasensitive Electronic Sensor Array Speeds Up DNA Detection
August 28, 2009 A novel electronic sensor array for more rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis and biological research has shown "excellent" sensitivity at detecting trace amounts ... > full story
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