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By Jul 24, 2009
Science

Music-Powered Lab-On-A-Chip Promises Easier Health Screening

Engineers harness sound to simplify microfluidic devices (watch the music video!)

By Jul 21, 2009
Science

New Integrated Circuits Consume No Standby Power

NEC and Rohm are going back and forth on new engineering breakthroughs that will allow integrated circuits inside chips to...

By Apr 28, 2009
Gadgets

Thin and Rich

A new set of chips gives super-slim cellphones the power of laptops

By Aug 05, 2008
Science

An Uncrackable Lock

A quantum cryptographic chip using light particles to encrypt data during electronic transfer could throw off hackers for good