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Wisconsin Researchers Create Nano-Bio-Circuits
opencity writes "A team of scientists at UW-Madison has successfully used single bacterial cells to make tiny bio-electronic circuits. Slipping between the electrodes, the microbes, in effect, become electrical "junctions," giving researchers the ability to capture, interrogate and release bacterial cells one by one. Built into a sensor, such a capability would enable real-time detection of dangerous biological agents, including anthrax and other microbial pathogens. Two mpegs -- 11MB and 35MB -- available here. Related by scale and buzzwords: physorg.com reports scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to sneak nano-sized probes inside cell nuclei, where they can track life's fundamental processes, such as DNA repair, for hours on end. Related cool pictures and strange font choices on Nano-Bio Interface Center."
Needs "quantum" in it somewhere
Alright pal, where were you on Feb. 29th? The upper spinal cord? Nice try.
...still won't talk, eh? Well let me introduce you to my little friend here... We like to call him "Mr. Microbe."
Noooo! I'll do anything, please!!!
10100111001
And the best part is that they're made of cheese!
your virus is having problems :(
The first application will be non-stinky, stinky cheese.
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This will improve cohabitation with the female sex by two orders, solving all the worlds problems, Since stinky cheese is the root of all evil.
Well, That and alcohol and drugs and greed and
Jim D.