Search results for lab-on-a-Chip:
Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.
New iPhone app 'Outbreaks Near Me' locates H1N1, infectious diseases
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A new iPhone application, created by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab, enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as H1N1 (swine ...
New lab-on-a-chip measures mechanics of bacteria colonies
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a microscale tool to help them understand the mechanical behavior of biofilms, slimy colonies of bacteria involved in most human infectious diseases.
Lab on a chip for cheap, portable medical tests
Jan 29, 2008 |
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University of Alberta researchers in Edmonton, Canada, have developed a portable unit for genetic testing about the size of a shoebox, which has the same capability as a lab full of expensive equipment.
IBM Cools 3-D Chips with Water
Jun 05, 2008 |
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In IBM’s labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to advance Moore’s Law in the next decade and significantly ...
Researchers simplify fabrication of nano storage, chip-design tools
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Advances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite's potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable gate arrays that could ...
New DNA array sheds light on coral disease
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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The answer to what's killing the world's coral reefs may be found in a tiny chip that fits in the palm of your hand.
Close encounters with 3-D cell growth
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT engineers have built a device that gives them an unprecedented view of three-dimensional cell growth and migration, including the formation of blood vessels and the spread of tumor cells.
A vast right arm conspiracy? Study suggests handedness may effect body perception
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 04, 2009 |
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There are areas in the brain devoted to our arms, legs, and various parts of our bodies. The way these areas are distributed throughout the brain are known as "body maps" and there are some significant differences in these ...
Cell phones using lens-free imaging promise to improve health monitoring
Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell phones have already revolutionized the way people around the world communicate and do business. Thanks to advances being made at UCLA, they are about to do the same thing for medicine.
Researcher micro-sizes genetics testing
Sep 19, 2008 |
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Using new "lab on a chip" technology, James Landers hopes to create a hand-held device that may eventually allow physicians, crime scene investigators, pharmacists, even the general public to quickly and inexpensively ...
Advance toward an 'electronic tongue' with a taste for sweets
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 17, 2009 |
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In a new approach to an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of a small, inexpensive, lab-on-a-chip sensor that quickly and accurately identifies ...
Engineers develop new way to fuse cells
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Jan 04, 2009 |
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MIT engineers have developed a new, highly efficient way to pair up cells so they can be fused together into a hybrid cell. The new technique should make it much easier for scientists to study what happens ...
Engineering students: Airbrush not just for artists
Feb 14, 2008 |
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The airbrush, that tool behind tattoos and T-shirts, may have an unexpected future … in technology.
Using Nanotubes in Computer Chips
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT materials scientists have developed a new technique for growing carbon nanotubes that could replace the vertical wires in chips, permitting denser packing of circuits.
