http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/ en-us Science News Daily provides daily coverage of the most popular science and technology news I read with great interest Vinod Khosla's column two weeks ago that discussed the role of tech in healthcare. But as much as tech has to offer the healthcare institution, its effects are perhaps ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster132503218/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:16:22 EST 132503218 Not long ago, MIT political scientist Suzanne Berger was visiting a factory in western Massachusetts, a place that produces the plastic jugs you find in grocery stores. As she saw on the factory ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster132566152/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:16:24 EST 132566152 Imec and Genalyte announce that they have successfully developed and produced a set of disposable silicon photonics biosensor chips to be used in Genalyte diagnostic and molecular detection ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster132402030/ Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:16:13 EST 132402030 (PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes total electrical isolation is a good thing — and that’s the idea behind a power-over-fiber (PoF) communications cable being developed by engineers at Sandia ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster131235900/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:16:06 EST 131235900 Today Groopti expanded their fun cardboard furniture series with their brand new Urban Tree coat hanger. The design was conceived by Gerardo Belmonte and then selected for production using Groopti’s ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster130780554/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:46:43 EST 130780554 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:31:32 GMT http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster131230964/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:46:01 EST 131230964 Sigma-Aldrich Corp. said Monday it will spend $350 million in cash to buy biopharmaceutical testing services provider BioReliance Holdings Inc. from Avista Capital Partners.Sigma-Aldrich, which ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster129546554/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:47:05 EST 129546554 "Look! This must be a custom part," an engineer said. It was a Micro-USB port that was higher than a normal one. We thought this was for making the port as high as the adjacent earphone jack. http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster129354050/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:15:51 EST 129354050 Conventional CMOS image sensors are not suitable for low-light applications such as fluorescence, since large pixels arranged in a matrix do not support high readout speeds. A new optoelectronic ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster128722242/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:45:57 EST 128722242 Stoolies, rats, and snitches might one day have Bahram Azizollah Ganji to thank for not getting killed. Because he just created the world's smallest capacitor microphone, measuring in at just ... http://www.sciencenewsdaily.org/semiconductors-news/cluster128857982/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:46:35 EST 128857982