#lab on a chip

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. —Arthur C Clarke Medical diagnostics often feels like magic to me. With just a few drops of blood, doctors can quickly decipher a patient’s general health status—are biomarker levels in range? Are there telltale signs of

A group of physicists recently built the smallest engine ever created from just a single atom. Like any other engine it converts heat energy into movement — but it does so on a smaller scale than ever seen before. The atom is trapped in a cone of electromagnetic energy and lasers are used to heat

First came lab-grown mini-hearts. Then came 3D printed skin. Now scientists have taken “body on a chip” to a whole new level. Starting with skin cells from patient biopsies, scientists... read more The post How Tiny Lab-Grown Human Brains Are Giving Big Insights Into Autism appeared first on

ROBOTICS: China’s Troubling Robot Revolution Martin Ford | The New York Times "Automation has already had a substantial impact on Chinese factory employment: Between 1995 and 2002 about 16 million factory... read more The post This Week’s Awesome Stories from Around the Web (Through Jun 13)