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UC Researchers Develop Lab-on-a-Chip Devices

UC engineering researchers create tiny pools without walls with programmable microfluidic systems. Microfluidic devices typically depend upon electrokinetic or traditional pressure methods to move microscopic amounts ...

24 Mar 2010

Biochip Reveals "Fingerprints" of Biochemical Threats

Argonne biochemist Daniel Schabacker could be considered a Sherlock Holmes of bioterrorism. Although he doesn't carry around a pipe and magnifying glass as he attempts to nab the culprit, he has a far more powerful deductive tool: the biochip.

From Argonne National Laboratory 23 Mar 2010

LTU Researchers Develop Lab on a Chip to Study Brain Cells in Stroke Patients

Lab on a Chip is what the scientists are calling their mini-lab, which is expected to facilitate studies of all sorts of biological cells and how they are affected by different medicines, chemical substances, etc.

22 Mar 2010

Laser Adds Extra Dimension to Lab-on-Chip

A European research project has shown how to build optical sensors directly into the structure of labs-on-chips. The breakthrough paves the way for on-the-spot medical diagnostics. People have been working on the 'l...

23 Feb 2010

Ordinary Cotton Thread and Sewing Needles to Literally Stitch Together Microfluidic Analytical Device

Scientists in Australia are reporting the first use of ordinary cotton thread and sewing needles to literally stitch together a microfluidic analytical device - microscopic technology that can transport fluids for medical tests and other purposes in a lab-on-a-chip.

17 Feb 2010

Scientists Combine Optics and Microfluidics to Make Lab-on-a-Chip More Practical

Scalable and reusable optical detection system boasts the sensitivity of a large microscope in a much smaller, cheaper package

17 Feb 2010

New 'Fertility Chip' Accurately Count Spermatozoa in Sperm

A new 'fertility chip', developed by researchers at the University of Twente's MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, can accurately count spermatozoa in sperm. This is an important step towards the development of a compact device for reliable 'pre-scanning' of male fertility.

17 Feb 2010

Researchers Developed 'Lab on a Chip' that Detects Viruses

A team of BYU engineers and chemists has created an inexpensive silicon microchip that reliably detects viruses, even at low concentrations.

3 Feb 2010

Microfluidics Paving Way for New Advances in Cancer Detection

New advances for the detection of cancer led by Rafael V. Davalos of the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Science (SBES) are featured as the cover story in the January 19, 2010 Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, "Lab on a Chip," the premier journal for researchers in microfluidics.

28 Jan 2010

Labs on Chips Powered by Light-Generating Transistors

What started out as 'blue-sky' thinking by a group of European researchers could ultimately lead to the commercial mass production of a new generation of optoelectronic components for devices ranging from mobile ...

4 Jan 2010