Researchers develop treated surfaces that can actively control how fluids or particles move. Researchers at MIT and in Saudi Arabia have developed a new way of making surfaces that can activ... Read more
A revolutionary new micro-scale device with no mechanical parts. RMIT University researchers in Melbourne, Australia, have developed the world’s first liquid metal enabled pump, a revo... Read more
Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease. At least 94 percent of patients will die within five years, and in 2013 it was ranked as one of the top 10 deadliest cancers. Routine... Read more
“Open-innovation is key to move from early-stage precompetitive technology to the development of robust products such as these next-generation medical devices.” Imec, a world-leading n... Read more
Pitt research team demonstrates gels that can be moved, controlled by light Some animals—like the octopus and cuttlefish—transform their shape based on environment, fending off attackers or... Read more
Chinese Academy of Sciences Team Describes a Portable Diagnostic Device that can Travel to the Patient in the journal Biomicrofluidics Reaching a clinic in time to receive an early diagnosis... Read more
Chemical flasks and inconvenient chemostats for cultivation of bacteria are likely soon to be discarded. Researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Science... Read more
Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis. The new fabric works lik... Read more
A cross-discipline project that brings together biomedicine and nano-engineering has led to the development of a dime-sized microfluidic device that can rapidly detect cancer cells in a bloo... Read more
Catching Cancer With Carbon Nanotubes A Harvard bioengineer and an MIT aeronautical engineer have created a new device that can detect single cancer cells in a blood sample, potentially allo... Read more
Lab-on-a-chip devices work by directing small samples of liquid through tiny “microchannels” embedded in a small platform, and are used for analyzing liquids in medical and scientific settin... Read more
Microfluidic technology, in which liquid is made to pass through “microchannels” that are often less than a millimeter in width, has had a profound effect on fields such as physics, chemistr... Read more
Image via Wikipedia High energy costs are one drawback of making clean water from waste effluents. According to an article in the journalBiomicrofluidics, which is published by the American... Read more