News tagged with microfluidic systems
The butterfly effect in nanotech medical diagnostics
Tiny metallic nanoparticles that shimmer in the light like the scales on a butterfly's wing are set to become the color-change components of a revolutionary new approach to point-of-care medical diagnostics, according to ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Researchers expand capabilities of miniature analyzer for complex samples
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s not often that someone can claim that going from a positive to a negative is a step forward, but that’s the case for a team of scientists from the National Institute of Standards ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Micro-onions and magnetic ink
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microfluidic systems for the easy production of multiphasic emulsion drops and multishelled polymer capsules. Under a microscope they look like miniature onions, in fact, they are new microcapsules introduced ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 08, 2011 |
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New 3-D microfluidic system offers greater control over production of drug-delivering nanoparticles
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a new way to produce nanoparticles that can deliver drugs for cancer and other diseases. The new production system offers greater control ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Behind the secrets of silk lie high-tech opportunities
Tougher than a bullet-proof vest yet synonymous with beauty and luxury, silk fibers are a masterpiece of nature whose remarkable properties have yet to be fully replicated in the laboratory.
Jul 29, 2010 |
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A Lab-on-a-Chip With Moveable Channels
(PhysOrg.com) -- UC engineering researchers create tiny pools without walls with programmable microfluidic systems.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Glowing channels: Microanalysis system for rapid mercury detection
(PhysOrg.com) -- Water contaminated with mercury is very dangerous for both people and the environment, as mercury is one of the most toxic heavy metals. Though laboratory analyses do deliver precise quantitative measurements, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 22, 2009 |
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NIST Calculations May Improve Temperature Measures for Microfluidics
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you wanted to know if your child had a fever or be certain that the roast in the oven was thoroughly cooked, you would, of course, use a thermometer that you trusted to give accurate readings at any temperature ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Micromagnetic-microfluidic device could quickly pull pathogens from the bloodstream
Sepsis, an infection of the blood, can quickly overwhelm the body's defenses and is responsible for more than 200,000 deaths per year in the U.S. alone. Premature newborns and people with weakened immune systems are especially ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Microscopic 'hands' for building tomorrow's machines
In a finding straight out of science fiction, chemical and biomolecular engineers in Maryland are describing development of microscopic, chemically triggered robotic "hands" that can pick up and move small ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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