Nanofluidics News

Raydiance and NASA to Develop Advanced Microfluidics Devices for Space-Based Biological Experiments

Raydiance Corporation, developer of the world's first commercial-grade ultrafast laser, today announced it has partnered with the Small Spacecraft Division in the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Ames Research C...

Fluidigm BioMark System Sales Surpass The Century Mark

The BioMark system, based on proprietary microfluidic chips called integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), provides high throughput real-time qPCR enabling researchers to streamline their experimental workflow, increase throughput and lower costs.

Microfluidic Systems Awarded Series of Patents

Fluidigm Announces Sales of BioMark Surpassed 100 Cumulative Units in the Field

Fluidigm Corporation today announced that sales of its flagship BioMark™ System for Genetic Analysis surpassed 100 cumulative units in the field. The BioMark system, based on proprietary microfluidic chips called i...

New Microscopic System Could Provide Novel Method for Moving Tiny Objects Inside Microchip

A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's department of materials science and engineering, in collaboration with researchers in Germany and Boston University, could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microchip, and could also provide new insights into how cells and other objects are transported around within the body.

Researchers Discover Fluidigm Digital Arrays can be Easily Adapted to SNP Haplotyping

A technical poster from Fluidigm Europe entitled 'Rapid single-molecule haplotyping in patients with sickle cell disease' reports upon the pioneering work of Dr Stephen Menzel and his fellow researchers at Kings College (London), School of Medicine.

Fluidigm Introduces Access Array Integrated Fluidic Chip for 454 FLX Amplicon Tagging

Fluidigm Corporation today announced the release of its 48.48 Access Array™ integrated fluidic chip (IFC) for 454 FLX™ users active in Amplicon Tagging. This Access Array IFC automatically generates emPCR-rea...

New, Inexpensive, Reusable and Highly Efficient Microfluidic Connector

Like other users of microfluidic systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Javier Atencia was faced with an annoying engineering problem: how to simply, reliably and most of all, tightly, connect his tiny devices to the external pumps and reservoirs delivering liquids into the system.

Novel and Simple Way to Analyze Samples that are Complex Mixtures

The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze complex solutions containing particulates or other contaminating materials often find that the first part of the process isn't so easy.

Microscopic Organisms Stirring Fluids Remarkably Quickly and Effectively

In studies of the motion of tiny swimming bacteria, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory found that the microscopic organisms can stir fluids remarkably quickly and effectively. As a result, the bacterial flagella could act like tiny motors to mix chemicals in biomedical kits, among other applications.