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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 -
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 -
Acoustic Cell-Sorting Chip May Lead to Cell Phone-Sized Medical Labs
October 2, 2012 — A technique that uses acoustic waves to sort cells on a chip may create miniature medical analytic devices that could make Star Trek's tricorder seem a bit bulky in comparison, according to ... > full story -
Ultra Fast Optical Amplifier: Silicon and Erbium on One Chip for the First Time
September 21, 2012 — Within optical microchips, light finds its way through channels, waveguides, made of silicon. Light from a glass fiber, for example, is led through a structure of optical channels with splitters and ... > full story -
Genome-Wide Epigenomic Screening Reveals Role of Genes, Cellular Factors in Thyroid Disease
September 20, 2012 — Genome-wide epigenomic screening can pinpoint disease-associated variants and identify novel genetic–epigenetic interactions in autoimmune thyroid diseases, according to new ... > full story -
Optical Waveguide Connects Semiconductor Chips: Photonic Wire Bond Transmits Data in the Terabit Range
September 20, 2012 — A team of researchers has succeeded in developing a novel optical connection between semiconductor chips. "Photonic wire bonding" reaches data transmission rates in the range of several terabits per ... > full story -
Seeing Through Clothing: Radiation-Enabled Chips Could Lead to Low-Cost Security Imaging Systems
September 12, 2012 — Scientists are reconfiguring existing semi-conductor computer chips and turning them into high-frequency circuits with the capability of seeing through packaging and clothing to produce an image of ... > full story -
Built-in Germanium Lasers Could Make Computer Chips Faster
September 10, 2012 — Researchers have investigated how they could make the semiconductor germanium emit laser light. As a laser material, germanium together with silicon could form the basis for innovative computer chips ... > full story -
The Pocket Radar: Thumbtack-Sized Distance and Motion Sensor Developed
September 7, 2012 — Today’s parking assistant systems enable drivers to safely park their cars even in the narrowest of gaps. Such sophisticated parking aids require millimeter precision control and rely on ... > full story -
Laser Beam as a '3-D Painter' to Grow Biological Tissue or to Create Micro Sensors
August 27, 2012 — With laser beams, molecules can be fixed at exactly the right position in a three dimensional material. The new method can be used to grow biological tissue or to create micro ... > full story
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