Amplification
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Space & Cosmos
Seed-sized signal amplification chips could boost space communications
Credit: ESA-SJM Photo This tiny signal amplifier, smaller than a strawberry seed, was built by the European Space Agency to fill a gap in current technology and help enable future radar observation and communications space missions. “This integrated circuit is a low-noise amplifier with a diameter of just 1.8 x 0.9 mm,” explains ESA microwave engineer David Cuadrado-Calle. “Achieving cutting-edge…
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Chemistry
Amplification trick increases sensitivity of water toxin detection by 10 times
The latest version of the sensing platform ROSALIND is 10 times more sensitive than its predecessor, opening the possibility for the system to be applied to the detection and monitoring of nucleic acid and bacterial diseases in the human body. Credit: Northwestern University Electric instruments can function unplugged, but they sound better when connected to an amplifier. Similarly, low concentrations…
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