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Speeding The Search For Elusive Chromosomal Errors
June 12, 2006 A pediatric research team has used commercially available gene chips to scrutinize all of a patient's chromosomes to identify small defects that cause genetic diseases. Because currently used genetic ... > full story -
Semiconductor Brain: Nerve Tissue Interfaced With A Computer Chip
June 2, 2006 For the first time, scientists at the Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich coupled living brain tissue to a chip equivalent to the chips that run computers. The ... > full story -
Repeatable Low-Breakdown Voltage Antifuses Enabled Through Dielectric Thin Film
May 16, 2006 Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed an inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-manufacture class of dielectric films that have the capability of enabling programmable antifuses on ... > full story -
Study Of Tiny Worms On Micro-Sized Chips Sheds Light On How Memories Are Formed In The Brain
May 15, 2006 Georgia Tech researchers are studying how sensory- and memory-related genes are expressed and regulated in tiny micro-sized worms by observing the worms' behavior on an equally micro-sized ... > full story -
NYU Algorithm Enhances Ability To Detect Cancer Genes
May 9, 2006 Researchers at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have developed a new algorithm that enhances the ability to detect a cancer gene, and have applied their algorithm to ... > full story -
Nanotubes Act As 'Thermal Velcro' To Reduce Computer-Chip Heating
May 2, 2006 Engineers have created carpets made of tiny cylinders called carbon nanotubes to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where computer chips connect to cooling devices called heat sinks, ... > full story -
Micro-Pump Is Cool Idea For Future Computer Chips
April 26, 2006 Engineers at Purdue University have developed a tiny "micro-pump" cooling device small enough to fit on a computer chip that circulates coolant through channels etched into the ... > full story -
Quantum Paint-on Laser Could Rescue Computer Chip Industry
April 17, 2006 Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a laser that could help save the $200-billion dollar computer chip industry from a looming crisis dubbed the "interconnect ... > full story -
Microfluidic Device Tests Fluid Compatibility
April 15, 2006 To help industrial engineers improve their ability to systematically test new product formulations, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a ... > full story -
Building A Hand-Held Lab-on-a-Chip To Simplify Blood Tests
April 11, 2006 A cell phone-sized blood-count machine requiring less blood than a mosquito bite will make blood tests easier for many patients, from neonatal units to astronauts in space. NSBRI's lab-on-a-chip is ... > full story
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