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Scientists Point to Nanotechnology to Improve Microfluidic Systems

Researchers review different nanotechnology-assisted microfluidic systems, specifically nanoparticles (NPs)-integrated microfluidic biosensors, for chemical and bioanalysis.

14 Apr 2022

Computing at the Nanoscale with DNA

A newly developed nanoscale computing element allowed researchers to further the field of DNA computing.

23 Feb 2022

Research Highlights How Thermofluidic Helps Develop New Technologies

By remotely heating water over a metal sheet with a laser, Leipzig University researchers were able to move minuscule volumes of liquid at will. The currents generated in this process can be utilized to manipulate and even capture small things.

10 Feb 2022

Portable Devices for Single-Molecule and Particle Detection

A new breakthrough of mobile imaging technologies for single-molecule and particles detection has now been created.

8 Dec 2021

Study Sheds New Light on Moore’s Law

The Rockefeller University researchers have offered new insights into “Moore’s Law” — considered to be the world’s most popular technological prediction — that chip density, or the number of components utilized on an integrated circuit, would increase by two-fold every two years.

19 Aug 2021

Graphene “nano-origami” Creates Tiniest Microchips Yet

The tiniest microchips yet can be made from graphene and other 2D-materials, using a form of ‘nano-origami’, physicists at the University of Sussex have found.

16 Feb 2021

New Lab-on-a-Chip can Help Reduce Resistance to Cancer Therapies

Computer scientists, electrical engineers, and biomedical engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a new lab-on-a-chip that can help examine tumor heterogeneity to decrease resistance to cancer treatments.

8 Oct 2020

New Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Could Help Create Rewritable Biomedical Chip

Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a versatile microfluidic lab-on-a-chip that uses sound waves to create tunnels in oil to touchlessly manipulate and transport droplets.

12 Jun 2020

Lab on Chip to Enable Extensive Cancer Screening and Personalized Treatment

A new generation of pathology labs placed on chips is set to transform the detection and treatment of cancer by employing devices as thin as a human hair to examine bodily fluids.

24 Jul 2019

Researchers Develop “Lab-on-a-Chip” that Enables Faster and Cheaper Detection of Cancer

A research team, at the University of Kansas (KU), KU Medical Center, and The University of Kansas Cancer Center, developed a novel ultrasensitive diagnostic device that could enable physicians to rapidly detect cancer from a droplet of plasma or blood.

26 Feb 2019