Tiny Lab on a Chip and the Impact of Headaches

Today, you’ll learn about a microchip-sized laboratory, how childhood traumas can lead to a lifetime of headaches, and strange blobs in the Earth’s mantle.  

Lab on a Chip 

• “‘Lab on a chip’ genetic test device can identify viruses within three minutes with highest accuracy.” University of Bath. 2023.  
• “LoCKAmp: lab-on-PCB technology for <3 minute virus genetic detection.” by Sotirios Papamatthaiou, et al. 2023.  
• “What’s the difference between a PCR and antigen COVID-19 test?” by Nate Hafer, PhD. 2021.  

Trauma Headaches 

• “Adverse Childhood Experiences and Primary Headache Disorders.” by Claudia Sikorski, et al. 2023.  
• “The global prevalence of headache: an update, with analysis of the influences of methodological factors on prevalence estimates.” by Lars Jacob Stovner, et al. 2022.  

Mantle Blobs 

• “Strange blobs in Earth’s mantle are relics of a massive collision.” by Anil Oza. 2023.  
• “Earth’s Hidden Guests: Strange Blobs in Deep Mantle Are the Remains of an Ancient Planet.” by California Institute of Technology. 2023.  
• “How and When the Earth and Moon Formed.” by Sasha Warren. 2021.  

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