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Living Human Gut-on-a-Chip: Tiny Device Simulates Structure, Microenvironment, and Mechanical Behavior of Human Intestine
March 27, 2012 — Researchers have created a gut-on-a-chip microdevice lined by living human cells that mimics the structure, physiology, and mechanics of the human intestine -- even supporting the growth of living ... > full story -
Groundbreaking, Waterless Approach to Microchip Making
March 21, 2012 — The tiny, high-speed computer chips found in every modern electronic device bear little resemblance to their bulky, slow ancestors of decades ago. Different materials, new designs and new production ... > full story -
Nanotube Technology Leading to New Era of Fast, Lower-Cost Medical Diagnostics
March 9, 2012 — Researchers have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon "nanotubes" to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology that might one day allow a doctor to routinely perform lab tests ... > full story -
Gold Coaxed Into Nanowires to Allow Inexpensive Detection of Poisonous Industrial Gases
February 21, 2012 — Researchers have coaxed gold into nanowires as a way of creating an inexpensive material for detecting poisonous gases found in natural ... > full story -
Successful Human Tests for First Wirelessly Controlled Drug-Delivery Chip
February 16, 2012 — About 15 years ago, two professors had the idea to develop a programmable, wirelessly controlled microchip that would deliver drugs after implantation in a patient's body. This week, they reported ... > full story -
Engineers Boost Computer Processor Performance by Over 20 Percent
February 7, 2012 — Researchers have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate – boosting processor performance by ... > full story -
The Butterfly Effect in Nanotech Medical Diagnostics
February 6, 2012 — Tiny metallic nanoparticles that shimmer in the light like the scales on a butterfly's wing are set to become the color-change components of a revolutionary new approach to point-of-care medical ... > full story -
Materials for First Optical Fibers With High-Speed Electronic Function Are Developed
February 5, 2012 — For the first time, researchers have developed crystalline materials that allow an optical fiber to have integrated, high-speed electronic functions. The potential applications of such optical fibers ... > full story -
Graphene Electronics Moves Into a Third Dimension
February 2, 2012 — Wonder material graphene has been touted as the next silicon, with one major problem -- it is too conductive to be used in computer chips. Now scientists have given its prospects a new lifeline. ... > full story -
Toward Lowering the Power Consumption of Microprocessors
January 20, 2012 — The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cell phones and giant data ... > full story
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