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nanotechnology

  1. nanoscale computational circut boards

    Researchers build nanoscale computational circuit boards with DNA 

    July 24, 2017

    By Microsoft Research Human-engineered systems, from ancient irrigation networks to modern semiconductor circuitry, rely on spatial organization to guide the flow of materials and information. Living cells also use spatial organization to control and accelerate the transmission of molecular signals, for example by co-localizing the…

  2. Nanotechnology comes to life with needle-based human interface devices 

    August 24, 2016

    By Noboru Kuno, Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Researchers at Microsoft and Tokyo’s Keio University have developed systems that could allow people to use tiny, painless needles to do things like monitor medical conditions or receive information without looking at a screen. The research project,…