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October 2009
PAPERS OF NOTE
Build the right nanoscale magnetic sensor and you can detect 64 different cancer-indicating proteins in concentrations as low as one part per hundred billion.
Matrix-insensitive protein assays push the limits of biosensors in medicine, Nature Medicine
Cook up the right molecule and you have an infinitesimal diode for controlling electrical current on future computer chips.
Rectification and stability of a single molecular diode with controlled orientation, Nature Chemistry
STORIES ELSEWHERE
Hydrogen muscle silences the domestic robot, New Scientist
(Source: Smart Materials Structure paper Experimental study of a metal hydride driven braided artificial pneumatic muscle)
Labs-on-a-chip that you can shrink to fit , New Scientist
(Source: Lab On a Chip paper "Print-n-Shrink" technology for the rapid production of microfluidic chips and protein microarrays)
Detecting Light with Graphene, Technology Review
(Source: Nature Nanotechnology paper Ultrafast graphene photodetector)
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WATCH January 14, 2009 Citizen science in the age of connectedness A nice column in the New York Times by biologist Aaron E. Hirsh explains the rise of Big Science — massive, centralized projects with large staffs and expensive equipment — and the emerging trend of distributed citizen science. [more] |
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