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Caltech Researchers Weigh Individual Molecules
karvind writes "PhysOrg reports that physicists at the California Institute of Technology have created the first nanodevices capable of weighing individual biological molecules. This technology may lead to new forms of molecular identification that are cheaper and faster than existing methods, as well as revolutionary new instruments for proteomics. The Caltech devices are 'nanoelectromechanical resonators' -- essentially tiny tuning forks about a micron in length and a hundred or so nanometers wide that have a very specific frequency at which they vibrate when excited. Slashdot covered earlier the effort by Cornell for measuring attogram objects which also employs NEMS cantilevers."
April 1st!!!
Are you calling me F2A6T12?
cal tech rules!!!!!!
Like I'm gonna believe this is real. April fools.
Wow! This is so exciting! / First 5 posts. Woohoo.
and I do not plan to RTFA, here is a more "stuff that matters" topic: ...where do you guys get your pr0n from? TGPs suck recently.
Like RFID, this kind of work obviously has detrimential implications for privacy. We need strict regulation of this technology in order to preserve our rights. If the governments don't abuse it, the corporations will.
but can they solve hair loss?
And she's the biggest culprit on the planet.