August 2016

A Miniaturized Sensor That Can Measure Chemistry On-Chip

August 26, 2016

Light traveling through a nanoscale waveguide on a hip spreads beyond the waveguide and can interact with molecules above the surface of the chip. (Image Credit: Cornell University) By combining expertise in photonics – [more...]

The First Autonomous, Entirely Soft Robot, ‘Octobot’ Has No Electronics

August 26, 2016

The octobot, an entirely soft robot, is powered without electronics; instead microfluidic channels containing chemical reactions automate its movements. (Image Credit: Lori Sanders, Ryan Truby, Michael Wehner, Robert Wood, and Jennifer [more...]

Replicating the Connection Between Muscles and Nerves

August 7, 2016

The researchers fabricated a microfluidic device with two important features: a three-dimensional environment, and compartments that separate muscles from nerves to mimic their natural separation in the human body. They suspended muscle [more...]

IBM Lab-on-a-Chip Breakthrough Aims to Help Physicians Detect Cancer

August 2, 2016

A view of IBM’s lab-on-a-chip mounted in a microfluidic jig. IBM scientists have developed a new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time, separate biological particles at the nanoscale and could help enable physicians [more...]

Microneedles: a Painless Way to Monitor Drug Concentrations in the Bloodstream

August 1, 2016

Figure Cross-sectional schematic view (A) and top view design (B) of the devices. A surface-functionalized microneedle is integrated to a PDMS optofluidic device equipped with optical fibers. The mechanism of the optical waveguide equipped [more...]

Circulating Cells In Cancer Patients’ Blood Not Always Cancerous

August 1, 2016

Tumor-derived endothelial clusters (Image credit:Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology) For decades, clusters of cells commonly found in the blood of cancer patients have always been regarded as cancerous cells that have broken [more...]

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook: Chemistry, Physics, and Life Science Principles

August 1, 2016

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link Authors: Sushanta K. Mitra, Suman Chakraborty, September 20, 2011 by CRC Press Summary The Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Handbook: Two-Volume Set comprehensively captures the [more...]