(Nanowerk News) Most conventional microfluidic devices are fabricated in inherently planar, block-like devices that can't be changed once fabricated. In contrast, an important feature of naturally ...

Devices with intricate interlacing channels, the width of a human hair, that move minuscule amounts of liquids, and can be used to diagnose and treat complex diseases, can now be made using a ...

Microfluidics technology development is entering a new phase, according to Andreas Manz, Ph.D., head of research at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Saarbrücken, Germany. Now that the ...

Chemical reactions such as the oscillating Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction can be used to model nervous systems. To do this, the BZ reaction is placed in grids of microfluidic PDMS wells which are ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 – Researchers at Cornell University for the first time have integrated optical functions with microfluidic ones, enabling the sorting of particles by light. Reported in the Oct. 29 ...

A research team from Boston University reported the development of a droplet microfluidic component library in a study published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering. The study introduces a rapid and ...

Albert Folch receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and other agencies to fund his microfluidics research and he is the co-founder of OncoFluidics, a startup that aims to to lower the ...

3D printing is common in professional and academic laboratories as researchers discover innovative uses. Its central function is to quickly create complex 3D structures with great precision. The ...