Aug 24, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Using DNA technologies to create a new generation of tiny electronics components at low production costs: this is the main goal of the European-funded project 3D-BRICKS, coordinated by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) in Genoa (Italy), and involving an interdisciplinary team of...
Improving food safety with Lab-in-a-Package technology
Aug 24, 2023 (Nanowerk Spotlight) In today's interconnected world, food supply chains have grown increasingly complex, spanning multiple countries and involving numerous intermediaries. This complexity has led to a heightened risk of foodborne illnesses due to contamination. Traditional methods for detecting pathogens in food are often labor-intensive and time-consuming, requiring...
AtomAI brings deep learning to microscopy data analysis software
Aug 24, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a new software package for analyzing images from electron and scanning probe microscopy. The package, AtomAI, uses deep learning. This is a type of machine learning that allows a program to train itself to accurately identify the contents of an image or...
What challenges need to be overcome to make DNA chips more applicable as storage media
Aug 24, 2023 (Nanowerk News) The hereditary molecule DNA can store a great deal of information over long periods of time in a very small space. For a good ten years, scientists have therefore been pursuing the goal of developing DNA chips for computer technology, for example for the long-term...