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Technology Research News January 14, 2004 |
Melted fibers make nano channels Researchers from Cornell University have devised a simple, inexpensive way to construct fluidic channels whose corners are elliptical rather than sharp, which permits fluid to flow more freely. |
Technology Research News November 3, 2004 |
Lasers Move Droplets Labs-on-a-chip promise inexpensive and portable biological and chemical analysis. The key to making the tiny labs work is finding ways to move and mix minuscule amounts of substances. |
Technology Research News January 14, 2004 |
Wet biochip preserves proteins Researchers from Kyushu University in Japan have produced a hydrogel material that makes it possible for proteins to survive aboard labs-on-a-chip. |
Chemistry World February 28, 2010 Jon Cartwright |
Reactions on DNA origami watched with AFM Chemists in Denmark have for the first time imaged chemical reactions on a DNA origami scaffold so that they can precisely attach single molecules, involving atomic force microscopy. |
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 |
Smart Dust Gets Magnetic One of the main challenges in making labs-on-a-chip is finding ways to control and mix tiny amounts of liquids. Researchers are using minuscule silicon particles to carry out these tasks. |
Smithsonian January 2004 Fen Montaigne |
Policing America's Ports The 19,000 cargo containers flowing into the United States each day pose a needle-in-the-haystack challenge to security officials worried about hidden terrorist weapons. |
Chemistry World January 21, 2011 Russell Johnson |
Jump starting prebiotic photochemistry Light activated reactions of organic molecules in fatty acid membranes offers a plausible method for energy transfer and storage in prebiotic systems, claim US scientists. |
Technology Research News April 7, 2004 |
Chip-camera combo tracks viruses Researchers from Purdue University have devised methods of labeling virus structural elements and DNA, of imaging virus particles as they flow through labs-on-a-chip, and of concentrating virus particles. |
Reactive Reports Issue 52 David Bradley |
Microscopic Contact Lenses Make Sense Gel lenses, resembling microscopic contacts, could find a role in biosensors for analysis and diagnostics, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Jenni Laidman |
When Membranes Merge Scientists are uncovering details of synaptic signaling between neurons. |
Chemistry World May 17, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Non-stick approach to regular polymer vesicles UK researchers have devised a new method for making polymer vesicles |
Technology Research News September 10, 2003 |
Gold speck highlights molecules How do you sense what is happening at the scale of molecules? Researchers have found a way to detect the very small spectral shifts that occur when the light scattering off a single gold nanoparticle interacts with molecules. |
Chemistry World August 12, 2011 Manisha Lalloo |
Unraveling cell membranes to understand drugs Researchers in Sweden have found a way to create flattened cell membranes, known as supported lipid bilayers, out of real cell structures. |
Chemistry World November 13, 2015 Cathy Sorbara |
Hitching a ride on DNA In the congested intracellular environment, scientists in the Netherlands and the US have found a way for molecules to maneuver through the crowds and arrive at their destination faster. |
Technology Research News October 20, 2004 |
Biochip levitates droplets Researchers have devised a way to magnetically levitate particles and droplets that have volumes smaller than one billionth of a milliliter. Labs-on-a-chip is one of many potential uses. |
InternetNews August 3, 2010 |
Tech Firms Split on Paying for Security Flaws Some major IT firms have made it a standard practice to pay security researchers for bringing vulnerabilities to their attention, while others have a strict prohibition against it. What accounts for the divide? |