please bleed on this cd for your diagnosis
this press release announces what is probably the coolest thing ever done with a cd (and yes, this includes high-rpm failure demonstrations).
in the journal Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, James La Clair and Michael Burkart describe a method “to screen the recognition between small molecule ligands and biomolecules using a conventional compact disc (CD) player.”
the full text of the paper is available from the abstract.
the project site doesn’t have much content, but if you want to get in touch with the researchers…
very cool.
one question: will cd-r’s used for biomolecular screening be subject to riaa-sponsored blank-media taxes?