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February 2017

HICOMP MicroTech

February 26, 2017

About the Company:  Manufacturer and provider of customized microfluidic chips. The materials include polycarbonate (PC), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polystyrene (PS) and cyclic olefin polymers (COP, COC).  HICOMP offers [more...]

Ingestible Sensor Is Powered by Stomach Acid

February 19, 2017

The small, ingestible voltaic cell is sustained by the acidic fluids in the stomach. (Credit: Diemut Strebe) Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US have designed and developed an indigestible electronic device [more...]

Cell Smasher

February 18, 2017

Real-time on chip mechanical analysis with micro hammer(Image credit: UCSB) The world’s tiniest hammer will allow UCSB researchers to get a cellular-level understanding of what happens when force is applied to brain cells.  We’re all [more...]