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2015

How Taste Is Perceived In The Brain

December 10, 2015

The bitter cortex (red) and sweet cortex (green) are about 2 millimeters apart in the mouse brain. (Charles S. Zuker, Ph.D./Columbia University Medical Center) People and other mammals rely on taste to guide food choices. For example, [more...]

One-Step Tumor Detection on a Chip

December 10, 2015

The molecule binds to the overexpressed cancer receptors on the cells. Cells show distinct behavior when bound to the surface. This behavior is quantified with image processing. (Credit: TECHNOLOGY) A team of researchers from the [more...]

Measuring Nanoscale Features with Fractions of Light

December 6, 2015

Drawing illustrates how tiny changes in wavy images scattered from lines in a grid-like array can be reconstructed when paired with advanced optical and computational techniques. Lines are 15 nanometers wide, 30 times smaller than the [more...]

Machining Precision Microfluidic Channels

December 5, 2015

Microfluidics combines expertise in engineering, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, nanotechnology, and biotechnology to design systems in which extremely small volumes of fluids are processed through tiny channels milled into a device [more...]

3D Printing Tips and Tech: Get to Know Those Acronyms

December 5, 2015

With the rapid pervasiveness of 3D printing, confusion has begun to set in among some people regarding the different processes. Simon Caiger , Product Manager for JK Lasers, says there’s so much misunderstanding, organizations are [more...]

How to Smooth 3D-Printed Parts

December 5, 2015

Many high-quality parts produced on 3D printers can be sanded by hand to eliminate layer lines and produce a smooth finish. There’s a misconception that 3D printing cannot make the kind of smooth and polished parts available from [more...]

TSI Condensation Particle Counter

December 5, 2015

PRODUCT DETAILS Condensation Particle Counter Model 3772 is a compact, rugged, and full-featured instrument that detects airborne particles down to 10nm at an aerosol flow rate of 1.0L/min, over a concentration range from 0 to 104 [more...]

Microfluidics, Could Soon Cool Your Clothes

December 2, 2015

THE idea came to Ralph Liedert while he was sweltering in the Californian sunshine, having been standing with his daughter for over an hour in a queue for a ride at Disneyland. What, he thought, if his T-shirt had a cooling system he could [more...]

Detecting Cancer Cells Before They Form Metastases

November 25, 2015

Target cells (green) stick to the microarray platform (red). (Credit: Michael Hirtz / KIT) Many tumors spread: Single cancer cells migrate with blood flow through the body before they settle in new tissue. In this way, metastases may be [more...]
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