July 2016

Microfluidic Cell Culture

July 20, 2016

Microfluidics Microfluidics technology is characterized by the manipulation of small volumes of fluids (10-9 to 10-18 liters) in channels with dimensions of tens of micrometers. Certain properties of microfluidic technologies such as rapid [more...]

Real Life Brain Studies: 3D Brain-on-a-chip

July 20, 2016

Micro sieve electrode array(Image credit: University of Twente) To study brain cell’s operation and test the effect of medication on individual cells, the conventional Petri dish with flat electrodes is not sufficient. For truly [more...]

Schlumberger Introduces Microfluidic Analysis Technology in Oil and Gas Industry

July 18, 2016

Schlumberger announced today at the 2016 Offshore Technology Conference the release of the Maze* microfluidic SARA analysis for reservoir fluids characterization. This is the first commercial application of microfluidic analysis [more...]

Profusa wins $7.5m DARPA Grant for Implantable Biosensors

July 18, 2016

Implantable Bionsensor (Image Credit: Profusa) San Francisco-based tissue-integrated sensor maker Profusa said today it won a $7.5 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Army Research Office for the [more...]

Advancing Microfluidics Research Using High-Speed Cameras

July 14, 2016

The growing field of microfluidics research involves manipulating and studying small amounts of liquid, often confined to channels (or living vessels) that are typically only tens of microns wide. Although microfluidics is a relatively new [more...]

A Sound Device Corrals Bacteria in Blood Within Microfluidic Devices

July 14, 2016

When a patient develops sepsis, a potentially fatal inflammatory response to an infection, doctors race to identify what bacterial strain is to blame so they can deliver the best antibiotic. This hunt can take days, however, which can be [more...]

Penn Engineers Develop $2 Portable Zika Test

July 14, 2016

Microfluidic device for zika test (Image credit: University of Pennsylvania) University of Pennsylvania engineers have developed a rapid, low-cost genetic test for the Zika virus. The $2 testing device, about the size of a soda can, does [more...]

New Microfluidic Device Offers Means for Studying Electric Field Cancer Therapy

July 14, 2016

A photo of three microfluidic devices filled with food color dyes. The device, about the size of a credit card, is designed to help scientists narrow in on safe ranges of electric fields that might be used to noninvasively treat breast, [more...]

Air Bubbles and Microfluidics-Elveflow Tutorial

July 3, 2016

Air bubbles are among the most recurring issues in microfluidics. Because of the micrometric dimensions of the tubes and channels, air bubbles can be very difficult to remove and be very detrimental for your experiment. This review will [more...]

Owlstone Medical Wins $7M for Cancer-detecting Breathalyzer

July 2, 2016

Figure 1 ReCIVA breath sampler, which is used in the lung cancer detection project (Image credit: Owlstone Medical) Owlstone Medical has raised £4.9 million ($7 million) to fund the ongoing clinical trials of its diagnostic breathalyzer [more...]

3D Printing Liquid Metal Fugitive Inks

July 2, 2016

Direct-writing liquid metal as a sacrificial template for molding of microfluidic channels Researchers at NC State have developed a new method to create microfluidic channels and micro-vasculature in polymers by 3D printing liquid metal [more...]