Testing and developing new drug could become a lot easier and faster in the future, thanks to the advancements made by a team of researchers from the Stanford University, in the US. Scientists here developed a new biosensor microchip that can be used for drug development research.Each of the new microchips contains a... |
20 April 2011 10:03 GMT |
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A group of physics experts from Switzerland, at ETH-Zurich, have recently developed the smallest microlaser in the world that can be powered up using electricity. The achievement is bound to have significant implications in many research areas of physics, chemistry and medicine. Additionally, the team says, it could ... |
24 March 2010 07:56 GMT |
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A new scientific paper shows that, soon, silicon-based chips could no longer need electrical current to operate. The work details the advancements that were made in controlling electrons' spin, as opposed to their charge. At this point, microchips must absolutely have electrical current in order to handle data, ... |
26 November 2009 03:40 GMT |
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Over recent years, the level of miniaturization in the electronics industry has increased considerably, with circuits now being printed in the millions on just a few square centimeters. With these advancements, researchers have also made headway in the field of implantable electronic devices, such as cochlear and ret... |
5 November 2009 10:36 GMT |
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Ithaca, New York-based company Orthogonal is currently working on an innovation that will allow organic electronics to be manufactured from the same equipment that currently produces silicon electronics. This line of research could bring about a new wave of innovation in the electronics industry, as organic semicondu... |
27 October 2009 09:39 GMT |
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Since genetic sequencing was first achieved, experts working in this field have been trying to make the process faster, cheaper and more accurate. Picking up on this trend, engineers at IBM are currently working on a new type of microchips that would enable the creation of sensors capable of reading a DNA molecule... |
6 October 2009 04:00 GMT |
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In many forms of cancer – one of the fastest-spreading diseases in the world today –, detecting the conditions as early on as possible is the only chance the patient has of ever getting better. In reality, only a small portion of the people suffering from the disease is not identified too late, and doctor... |
28 September 2009 15:51 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently developed a new microchip that has the ability to completely revolutionize the field of chemistry research. Flask, beaks, hot plates and Berzelius glasses could soon become a thing of the past, and tabletop experiments could be confined to... |
4 August 2009 04:22 GMT |
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A team of researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, including Professor Hossein Hashemi and Graduate student Ta-Shun Chu, has recently been capable to create a small 49 pixel CMOS camera, that works in the ultrawideband radar. Only two years ago, the team presented a similar CMOS chip that was only capa... |
5 February 2008 07:38 GMT |
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