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Wisconsin Researchers Create Nano-Bio-Circuits

Posted by timothy on from the invasion-of-the-cheese-menace dept.

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."

4 of 135 comments (clear)

  1. Not enough buzzwords by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Needs "quantum" in it somewhere

  2. Interrogate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Alright pal, where were you on Feb. 29th? The upper spinal cord? Nice try.

  3. obligatory Wisconsin joke. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the best part is that they're made of cheese!

  4. New meaning to virus problem by sowdog81 · · Score: 2, Funny

    your virus is having problems :(