Plants & Animals
Aug 6, 2019
Staring at seagulls could save your chips
Staring at seagulls makes them less likely to steal your food, new research shows.
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Nanomaterials
Jul 24, 2019
Ultrathin transistors for faster computer chips
For decades, the transistors on our microchips have become smaller, faster and cheaper. Approximately every two years the number of transistors on commercial chips has doubled—this phenomenon became known as "Moore's Law." ...
Biotechnology
Jul 17, 2019
Giving a chip about masa
Products we commonly buy at the supermarket, such as tortillas and corn chips, are made from food grade corn. The corn is grown, harvested, bought by a food company, turned into masa (dough from ground corn) through a chemical ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 2, 2019
Generation and sampling of quantum states of light in a silicon chip
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the Technical University of Denmark have found a promising new way to build the next generation of quantum simulators combining light and silicon micro-chips.
Biotechnology
Jun 27, 2019
Growing embryonic tissues on a chip
It's no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical concerns. Correct though it is to proceed with caution in these matters, the fact is that much science would benefit from ...
Business
Jun 26, 2019
US chip firm says it can 'lawfully' sell some items to Huawei
US semiconductor firm Micron Technology said Tuesday it has resumed some sales to Chinese technology giant Huawei despite a ban imposed by President Donald Trump on national security grounds.
Biochemistry
Jun 13, 2019
Enhanced human Blood-Brain Barrier Chip performs in vivo-like drug and antibody transport
Like airport security barriers that either clear authorized travelers or block unauthorized travelers and their luggage from accessing central operation areas, the blood-brain-barrier (BBB) tightly controls the transport ...
Optics & Photonics
May 17, 2019
NIST team demonstrates heart of next-generation chip-scale atomic clock
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated an experimental, next-generation atomic clock—ticking at high "optical" frequencies—that is much smaller than usual, ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 8, 2019
Mini-centrifuge for simpler study of blood cells opens new organ-on-chip possibilities
A simple innovation the size of a grain of sand means we can now analyse cells and tiny particles as if they were inside the human body.
Materials Science
Apr 25, 2019
Bridge over coupled waters: Scientists 3-D-print all-liquid 'lab on a chip'
Researchers at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have 3-D-printed an all-liquid device that, with the click of a button, can be repeatedly reconfigured on demand to serve a wide range of applications—from ...
