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Building a Biochemistry Lab on a Chip
February 12, 2013 Miniaturized laboratory-on-chip systems promise rapid, sensitive, and multiplexed detection of biological samples for medical diagnostics, drug discovery, and high-throughput screening. Using ... > full story -
Microchip Moves Information Around in 3-D: From Left to Right, Back to Front, and Up and Down
January 30, 2013 Scientists have created, for the first time, a new type of microchip which allows information to travel in three dimensions. Currently, microchips can only pass digital information in a very limited ... > full story -
'Nanotubes on a Chip' May Simplify Optical Power Measurements
January 25, 2013 A novel chip-scale instrument made of carbon nanotubes may simplify absolute measurements of laser power, especially the light signals transmitted by optical fibers in telecommunications ... > full story -
Quantum Communication: Each Photon Counts
January 25, 2013 Ultrafast, efficient, and reliable single-photon detectors are among the most sought-after components in photonics and quantum communication, which have not yet reached maturity for practical ... > full story -
World's Most Complex 2-D Laser Beamsteering Array Demonstrated
January 17, 2013 Researchers have recently demonstrated the most complex 2-D optical phased array ... > full story -
New Biochip Technology Uses Tiny Whirlpools to Corral Microbes
January 8, 2013 Researchers have demonstrated a new technology that combines a laser and electric fields to create tiny centrifuge-like whirlpools to separate particles and microbes by size, a potential ... > full story -
New Design for Basic Component of Computer Chips: Researchers Demonstrate Record-Setting P-Type Transistor
January 2, 2013 Almost all computer chips use two types of transistors: one called p-type, for positive, and one called n-type, for negative. Improving the performance of the chip as a whole requires parallel ... > full story -
Scientists Create Nanoscale Window to Biological World
December 20, 2012 Researchers have invented a way to directly image biological structures at their most fundamental level and in their natural ... > full story -
Pocket Test Measures Fifty Things in a Drop of Blood
December 19, 2012 A new device about the size of a business card could allow health care providers to test for insulin and other blood proteins, cholesterol, and even signs of viral or bacterial infection all at the ... > full story -
Cream of the Crop: Sandwich Chips Combining the Best of Two Technologies
December 18, 2012 Two Leibniz institutes broke new technological ground and successfully combined their -- up to now separate -- technology worlds. Due to their high performance, the novel chips developed within the ... > full story
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