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Researchers Discover Laws Governing Mircodroplet Merging Through Electrocoalescence

Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPC PAS) have discovered the laws that govern the process of electrocoalescence and the ways in which the process can be optimised, which is critical for the function of microfluidic devices where chemical reactions are carried out in micro-, nano- or picoliter volumes.

27 Aug 2011

Columbia Engineering’s Microfluidic-Based Lab-on-a-Chip Quickly Conducts Complex Lab Assays

mChip or mobile microfluidic chip, a diagnostic equipment developed by Columbia Engineering researchers using microfluidics and nanoparticles, has been successfully tested to conduct difficult laboratory assays in Rwanda.

2 Aug 2011

MIT Student Develops Innovative 3D Microfluidic Platform for Cancer Therapy

MIT and Draper Laboratory have developed a device that enables drug manufacturers to develop medicines that inhibit the spread of cancer and allows them to view the migration of diseased cells.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 30 Jul 2011

UCLA Researchers Develop Optofluidic Cytometry Device for Cell Analysis

Flow cytometry is a technique used for analyzing and counting microscopic particles such as bacteria, cells and other micro-sized particles.

28 Jul 2011

MIT Students Develop Microfluidic System to Understand the Spread of Tumor Cells

Mechanical engineering students from MIT have designed a microfluidic model to explore how cancer cells split from the original tumor and spread into the vascular system of the body.

26 Jul 2011

Researchers Trap Bubbles within Narrow Pathways of Microfluidic Chip

Researchers at the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing, Nanyang Technological University, and the A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute are aiming to trap bubbles inside a microfluidic chip to enable the release of concentrated energy pulses that can reach pressures as high as 100 mPa and temperatures upto 5000K.

8 Jul 2011

Microfluidics Manufacturer Fluidigm Add Customer Videos to Their Site

Fluidigm has added a new genre - customer web videos to the wide array of topical information (publications, application notes, posters, newsletters, press releases) available from its website.

From Standard BioTools 5 Jul 2011

Researchers Develop Instrument to Identify Suspended Single Nanoparticles in Fluids

Scientists at the University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) have designed a new device to identify and analyze single nanoparticles of the order of a few tens of nanometers.

30 Jun 2011

Tri-Tech to Use Nano-Filtration Process for Expansion of Ordos Water Treatment Plant

Tri-Tech, a China-based company that delivers turn-key solutions for water, water resources, industrial safety, treatment of wastewater, and pollution control markets, declared that it has signed a contract for the expansion of the water treatment plant in the City of Ordos worth nearly $20 million.

30 Jun 2011

InTech’s Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Journal Features Applications of Nanostructured Materials

InTech, an Open Access publishing company, has launched the Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (NMNT) Journal under the editorship of Dr. Paola Prete. This journal features the latest developments and innovations in nanoscale science and technology.

30 Jun 2011

Nanofluidics News

Researchers Discover Laws Governing Mircodroplet Merging Through Electrocoalescence

Columbia Engineering’s Microfluidic-Based Lab-on-a-Chip Quickly Conducts Complex Lab Assays

MIT Student Develops Innovative 3D Microfluidic Platform for Cancer Therapy

UCLA Researchers Develop Optofluidic Cytometry Device for Cell Analysis

MIT Students Develop Microfluidic System to Understand the Spread of Tumor Cells

Researchers Trap Bubbles within Narrow Pathways of Microfluidic Chip

Microfluidics Manufacturer Fluidigm Add Customer Videos to Their Site

Researchers Develop Instrument to Identify Suspended Single Nanoparticles in Fluids

Tri-Tech to Use Nano-Filtration Process for Expansion of Ordos Water Treatment Plant

InTech’s Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Journal Features Applications of Nanostructured Materials

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

Light-Responsive Azobenzene Polymers for Enhanced Neural Interfaces

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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