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• Lab-on-a-Chip Made of Paper

  By taking advantage of the natural movement of liquid through paper, researchers at Harvard's Whitesides Research Group may have found a way to make microfluidics technology much cheaper. The result could be disposable diagnostic tests simple and Read More...
  Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:18 AM by clementlawyer / 0 Comments

  Tags: Research, Medicine, Biotech, Molecular machines, Medical diagnostics

• Bizarre Bacterial Creations

  Designs presented at the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) at MIT represent some of the most complex biologically engineered machines to date--and they promise to further the field of synthetic biology. ... Read more
  Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 8:53 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Synthetic biology, Molecular machines, Bacteria

• Seeing Molecular Machines

  A fascinating animation of molecular processes in a cell shows a number of molecular machines--ribosomes, motors, and more--working to move molecules and structures ar... Read more
  Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 12:45 AM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Molecular machines, Cell biology

• Bacteria put new spin on micromotors

  Japanese researchers have used motile bacteria to rotate a microscopic motor made from silicon. The team believes that their system -- fuelled by glucose -- is the first micromechanical device to integrate inorganic materials with living bacteria. ... Read more
  Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 11:51 PM from KurzweilAI.net Accelerating Intelligence News / 0 Comments

  Tags: Bionanotechnology, Molecular machines, Bacteria