News tagged with lab on chip
Engineer invents world's smallest, lightest telemedicine microscope
Aydogan Ozcan, whose invention of a novel lensless imaging technology for use in telemedicine could radically transform global health care, has now taken his work a step further -- or tinier: The UCLA engineer ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Bionanotechnology has new face, world-class future
Imagine the marriage of hard metals or semiconductors to soft organic or biological products. Picture the strange, wonderful offspring -- hybrid materials never conceived by Mother Nature.
Apr 19, 2010 |
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New microchip technology performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once
(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 ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Paper medical lab the size of a fingerprint (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Harvard University chemistry professor is aiming to produce a blood analyzer for the developing world that will be the size of a human fingerprint, and will cost around a penny.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Light-generating transistors to power labs on chips
(PhysOrg.com) -- What started out as 'blue-sky' thinking by a group of European researchers could ultimately lead to the commercial mass production of a new generation of optoelectronic components for devices ...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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LEGO toy helps researchers learn what happens on nanoscale
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 ...
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Lab-on-a-Chip Performs 1,000 Chemical Reactions At Once
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 ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 27, 2009 |
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New blood analysis chip could lead to disease diagnosis in minutes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major milestone in microfluidics could soon lead to stand-alone, self-powered chips that can diagnose diseases within minutes. The device, developed by an international team of researchers ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 17, 2011 |
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New lab-on-chip advance uses low-cost, disposable paper strips
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have invented a technique that uses inexpensive paper to make "microfluidic" devices for rapid medical diagnostics and chemical analysis.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jan 25, 2011 |
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A 'USB' for medical diagnosis? Universal microfluidics connector could find broad use
Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a plug-in interface for the microfluidic chips that will form the basis of the next generation of compact medical devices. They hope that the "fit to flow" interface ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Chip simulates metabolism of medicine in human body
(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 ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Nanofluidic 'multi-tool' separates and sizes nanoparticles
A wrench or a screwdriver of a single size is useful for some jobs, but for a more complicated project, you need a set of tools of different sizes. Following this guiding principle, researchers at the National ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Study brings diagnostics for viruses a step closer to reality
Scientists have developed a technique which could form the basis of a non-invasive diagnostic for Adenovirus – the virus responsible for a large number of common illnesses.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 14, 2012 |
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Researchers: Molecular forklifts overcome obstacle to 'smart dust'
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 ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 18, 2009 |
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Through a Sensor, Holographically
(PhysOrg.com) -- The power and resolution of lens-based optical microscopes have improved by orders of magnitude since their invention around 1595. Nevertheless, relying on a high-magnification lens for image ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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