Chips that listen to bacteria: CMOS technology provides new insights into how biofilms form
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 05:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have shown integrated circuit technology can be used for a most unusual application -- the study of signaling in bacterial colonies. They have developed a chip based on CMOS technology that enables them to electrochemically image the signaling molecules from these colonies spatially and temporally -- they’ve developed chips that “listen” to bacteria.