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  Copper, Gold and Tin for Efficient Chips

  December 6, 2012 — With gold, copper or tin and special galvanizing processes, scientists are improving the function of semi-conductors and making the manufacture of microelectronic systems a child‘s play. ... > full story
• Technology
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  Mobile Computing
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  Low-Cost, Finger-Nail Sized Radar

  November 23, 2012 — Researchers have squeezed radar technology into a low-cost fingernail-sized chip package that promises to lead to a new range of distance and motion sensing applications. The novel device could have ... > full story
• Optics
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  Antenna-on-a-Chip Rips the Light Fantastic

  November 16, 2012 — A lab produces a micron-scale spatial light modulator like those used in sensing and imaging devices, but with the potential to run orders of magnitude ... > full story
• Consumer Behavior
  Consumerism
  Environmental Policies
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  Matching Brands: Why Do Consumers Prefer Tostitos Salsa With Tostitos Tortilla Chips?

  November 14, 2012 — Consumers prefer matching brands for products that are consumed together because they believe products from the same brand have been designed to go together, according to a new ... > full story
• Batteries
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  Medical Devices Powered by the Ear Itself

  November 8, 2012 — For the first time, researchers power an implantable electronic device using an electrical potential -- a natural battery -- deep in the inner ... > full story
• Lung Cancer
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  New Portable Device Enables RNA Detection from Ultra-Small Sample in Only 20 Minutes

  November 7, 2012 — A new power-free microfluidic chip enables detection of microRNA from extremely small sample volume in only 20 minutes. By drastically reducing the time and quantity of sample required for detection, ... > full story
• Lung Disease
  Lung Cancer
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  Blood Clots
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  Cystic Fibrosis
   
  

  Human Disease Modeled in an Organ-on-a-Chip; 'Lung-on-a-Chip' Sets Stage for Next Wave of Research to Replace Animal Testing

  November 7, 2012 — Researchers have mimicked pulmonary edema in a microchip lined by living human cells. They used this "lung-on-a-chip" to study drug toxicity and identify potential new therapies to prevent this ... > full story
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  Chemistry
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  Nature of Water
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  Measuring Molecules With the Naked Eye: Chemists' Innovation May Be a Better Model for Disease Diagnostic Kits

  October 26, 2012 — A new "lab on a chip" reveals the presence of ultra-low concentrations of a target molecule to the naked eye. This model for diagnostic testing could mean point-of-care results displayed visually for ... > full story
• Forensic Research
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  Research Team Develops Single-Crystal Pump for Miniaturized DNA Forensics

  October 15, 2012 — A research team has developed a new type of micro pump that can be used in forensic DNA profiling. The pump represents a giant leap in ... > full story
• Spiders and Ticks
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  Eco-Friendly Optics: Spider Silk's Talents Harnessed for Use in Biosensors, Lasers, Microchips

  October 11, 2012 — Spiders use their silk to catch lunch. Now physicists are using it to catch light. New research shows that natural silk could be an eco-friendly alternative to more traditional ways of manipulating ... > full story

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