MIT researchers have developed a platform for microfluidics using LEGO bricks to better perform operations such as mixing, sorting, pumping, and storing fluids. MIT engineers have just introduced an ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Aug. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Redbud Labs announced today new results that show the speed of its microfluidic sample preparation chip, STR™ ("sorter"). STR was compared ...

Researchers shrink a dye-laser set-up into a tiny polymer package suitable for lab-on-a-chip microsystems. Scientists in Denmark have come up with a compact, liquid light source for applications such ...

With that in mind, a University of Maryland team has begun making microfluidic chips out of laser-engraved birch plywood. After a thin waterproofing layer of Teflon was applied to them, the prototype ...

Active microvalves and passive microvalves in microfluidic chips. (A) Typical structure of active microvalve: sliding arm. PDMS structures contain a guiding channel and a fluidic channel and were ...

A research team from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a fully automated "Digital Colony Picker" (DCP). This ...

A review article published in the journal Nature Communications provides a detailed overview of recent developments in microfluidic chip models for neurodegenerative diseases. Recent advancements in ...

The chips that datacenters use to run the latest AI breakthroughs generate much more heat than previous generations of silicon. Anybody whose phone or laptop has overheated knows that electronics ...

A complete blood count can help ascertain the health of a patient and typically includes an estimate of the hemoglobin concentration, which can indicate several conditions, including anemia, ...