Nanotechnology Now
Chips shown in the tip of a hypodermic needle.
Chen Shi/Columbia Engineering
Abstract:
Columbia Engineers develop the smallest single-chip system that is a complete functioning electronic circuit; implantable chips visible only in a microscope point the way to developing chips that can be injected into the body with a hypodermic needle to monitor medical conditions.
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