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IEEE Spectrum October 2011 Mark Anderson |
Footfalls for Phone Calls New tech could power portable gadgets with every step. The idea of harvesting body energy for portable electronics is certainly not new, although some of this technology is. |
Chemistry World September 29, 2011 Carl Saxton |
Breathing life into medical devices US scientists have made a device that converts air flow from human breath into electricity. The device could serve as a power source for implantable biomedical devices. |
Chemistry World September 27, 2011 Jon Evans |
Bacteria: The Ultimate Secret Agent A team of US chemists has come up with a way to encode messages into arrays of such bacteria, which they call steganography by printed arrays of microbes (SPAM). |
Chemistry World September 27, 2011 Maria Burke |
Patching up Patients with a Heart of Gold Researchers have used gold nanowires to boost the propagation of electrical signals in cardiac patches, significantly increasing their therapeutic value. |
Chemistry World September 22, 2011 Erica Wise |
Faster acting drugs Ionic liquid drugs can rapidly pass through the skin and may open the way to new, more effective medicines, say scientists in Australia. |
Chemistry World September 22, 2011 Jon Evans |
Pitcher plant inspires ultimate non-stick surface By mimicking the leaves of a carnivorous tropical plant, US scientists have developed a surface so slippery that everything slides off: water, oil, blood, ice, jam and even ants. |
Chemistry World September 15, 2011 Sarah Farley |
Making Nerve Pathways in Chips for Brain Studies Scientists have now developed a way to reconstruct neuronal networks in a micro-fluidic system to more closely mimic the directional neuronal pathways found in the brain. |
Chemistry World September 14, 2011 David Bradley |
Brewing up Synthetic Yeast Yeast with synthetic genomes could be very useful for medicinal chemists and drug companies. |
Chemistry World September 14, 2011 Laura Howes |
Aspirin Still Has Some Secrets Left to Give up The overlooked stereoelectric effect in aspirin makes the molecule less polar, which may improve the drug's bioavailability. |
Fast Company September 14, 2011 Margaret Rhodes |
Transgenic Technology Meeting The FDA has yet to approve GM salmon for human consumption. |
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