Photonic Breakthrough Allows 'Lab-on-a-Chip'

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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 07, 2006 @07:27AM from the smaller-and-cheaper dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Georgia Tech researchers have shrunk an optical device called wavelength demultiplier (WD) by combining into one crystal three unique properties of photonics crystals. This optical discovery opens the way to sophisticated and cheap bio-sensors mounted on 'lab-on-a-chip' devices -- sensors to run blood tests, detect chemicals in water supplies or for drug testing. Their new WD is less than a millimeter in all dimensions rather than the several centimeters of other currently available WDs. And it should not cost more to produce."

Photonic Breakthrough Allows 'Lab-on-a-Chip'

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Let me get this straight. (Score:5, Funny)

by gpn ( 991395 ) writes: on Monday August 07, 2006 @07:40AM (#15858118)

40 WDs = 40 x WD = WD40 ?

Coming next week... (Score:5, Funny)

by Richard_at_work ( 517087 ) writes: on Monday August 07, 2006 @07:57AM (#15858162)

Poodle-on-a-chip, jackrussell-on-a-chip and the all time favourite alsation-on-a-chip.

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Let me get this straight. (Score:5, Funny)

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