News tagged with lab
Game Theory: Researchers examine what makes video games click with players -- or not
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Every Friday afternoon, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab opens its doors to anyone who wishes to drop by and play. On one such recent day, Jason Begy, a graduate student in the Comparative Media Studies program ...
'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 18, 2009 |
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The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze ...
LEGO toy helps researchers learn what happens on nanoscale
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins engineers are using a popular children's toy to visualize the behavior of particles, cells and molecules in environments too small to see with the naked eye. These researchers are arranging little ...
Scientists control living cells with light; advances could enhance stem cells' power
Aug 11, 2009 |
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University of Central Florida researchers have shown for the first time that light energy can gently guide and change the orientation of living cells within lab cultures. That ability to optically steer cells could be a major ...
New microchip technology performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a bench top, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer ...
'Chameleon Guitar' blends old-world and high-tech
Feb 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Natural wood, with its unique grain patterns, is what gives traditional acoustic instruments warm and distinctive sounds, while the power of modern electronic processing provides an unlimited ...
A Better Way to Make Nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A compound synthesized for the first time by Berkeley Lab scientists could help to push nanotechnology out of the lab and into faster electronic devices, more powerful sensors, and other advanced ...
Lab-on-a-Chip Performs 1,000 Chemical Reactions At Once
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 27, 2009 |
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Flasks, beakers, and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in medicinal chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a benchtop, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer and instantly run thousands ...
MIT's Huggable Robot Teddy Enhances Human Relationships
Dec 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's probably the most sophisticated teddy bear ever designed, but that doesn't stop MIT's companion robot called "the Huggable" from being pretty adorable, as well. The Huggable is the latest ...
Researchers: Molecular forklifts overcome obstacle to 'smart dust'
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 18, 2009 |
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Algae is a livid green giveaway of nutrient pollution in a lake. Scientists would love to reproduce that action in tiny particles that would turn different colors if exposed to biological weapons, food spoilage or signs of ...
Researchers develop new lab-on-a-chip technique
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new "lab-on-a-chip" technique that analyses tiny samples of blood and breast tissue to identify women at risk of breast cancer much more quickly than ever before.
Space Porch Open for Business
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The International Space Station has a new "engawa" -- and it's open for business.
Chip simulates metabolism of medicine in human body
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny electrochemical cell, developed by researchers of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, The Netherlands, is able to mimick the behaviour of medicine inside a human body. This chip ...
Chemists see first building blocks to life on Earth
May 13, 2009 |
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed an experiment that sheds new and fascinating light on how life on Earth might have begun.
Optical chip detects blood molecules
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A portable 'lab on a chip' that can identify target molecules in blood samples has been created by European researchers. It is being used to measure fertility hormones and detect the genes ...
