A new fabrication process could make it easier and less expensive to incorporate optical sensing onto lab-on-a-chip devices. These devices integrate laboratory functions onto a plastic or glass "chip" typically no more than ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 22, 2017
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A major milestone in microfluidics could soon lead to stand-alone, self-powered chips that can diagnose diseases within minutes. The device, developed by an international team of researchers from the University ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 17, 2011
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Brigham Young University researchers have developed new glass technology that could add a new level of flexibility to the microscopic world of medical devices.
Condensed Matter
Mar 23, 2017
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Biomedical engineers at UC Davis have developed a plug-in interface for the microfluidic chips that will form the basis of the next generation of compact medical devices. They hope that the "fit to flow" interface will become ...
Engineering
Nov 29, 2010
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A group of biochemical engineers, Siavash Ahrar, Manasi Raje, Irene Lee and Elliot Hui at the University of California, Irvine, has developed a finite state machine (FSM) implemented as a pneumatic circuit using microfluidic ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Instead of a needle in the arm, a simple prick of the finger could one day provide more than enough blood for a laboratory to run a multitude of complex tests and deliver results in seconds. Researchers at ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 4, 2011
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With a silicone rubber "stick-on" sheet containing dozens of miniature, powerful lenses, engineers at Harvard are one step closer to putting the capacity of a large laboratory into a micro-sized package.
General Physics
Feb 16, 2010
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Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a gut-on-a-chip microdevice lined by living human cells that mimics the structure, physiology, and mechanics of the ...
Biochemistry
Mar 27, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC engineering researchers create tiny pools without walls with programmable microfluidic systems.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 22, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at BYU have created a micro device that could both decrease the amount of blood and time needed to test for cancer-markers in a patient’s blood.
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 16, 2010
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