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television channel targeted at a small but specificaudience - noun physics A narrow
cylinder ofsemiconductor thatamplifies the flow ofelectrons
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Examples
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One moved slightly, activating her microchannel amps; the random bounce of photons through the darkness was converted to a pulse of electrons, the concrete around her coming up ghost-pale and grainy.
Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010
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A group of MIT scientists solved this problem by pumping the fluid containing the sample of cells through a microchannel inside the slab.
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In the era of Internet television, it will be as simple and cost-effective to create a microchannel as it is to create a Web site.
TELEVISION RELOADED 2007
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One moved slightly, activating her microchannel amps; the random bounce of photons through the darkness was converted to a pulse of electrons, the concrete around her coming up ghost-pale and grainy.
Neuromancer Gibson, William, 1948- 1984
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Michel Godin, a former postdoctoral associate in Manalis 'lab and co-lead author of the paper, developed a way to trap a cell within the microchannel by precisely coordinating the flow direction.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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They are also working on a way to add chemicals such as nutrients, antibiotics and cancer drugs to the fluid inside the microchannel, so they can study how those substances affect growth rates.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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This is especially exciting because traditionally all lab-on-a-chip devices are limited by the predefined microchannel structure.
D Mag - News 2010
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The cell-mass sensor, which Manalis first demonstrated in 2007, consists of a fluid-filled microchannel etched in a tiny silicon slab that vibrates inside a vacuum.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In order to use the technology to analyze fluids such as blood, the fluid sample is stored in a tiny reservoir on a glass chip and transported through a microchannel to a detection site, where the sample is typically detected and analyzed.
Next Big Future bw 2010
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Furthermore, the system uses a four-segment microchannel plate (MCP) detector that provides topographic imaging along two orthogonal directions to enhance surface detail.
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