Imagine shrinking tubes and beakers—in fact, most of a clinical chemistry lab—down to the size of a credit card. When engineers figured out how to do that two decades ago, they enabled complex tests to be performed with ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 21, 2015
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Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men and the fifth leading cause of death from cancer in men worldwide, according to 2012 numbers. While several viable treatment options for prostate cancer exist, many ...
Biochemistry
Apr 2, 2018
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Scientists used to perform experiments by stirring biological and chemical agents into test tubes.
Soft Matter
May 14, 2021
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By helping rubber and plastic stick together under pressure, University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemists have simplified the production of small fluid-carrying channels that can drive movement in soft robotics and enable chemical ...
Robotics
Jan 9, 2018
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have added yet another innovation—miniature valves—to their ever-growing collection of inexpensive, easy-to-manufacture and highly efficient microfluidic ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 2, 2014
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It's easy to make bubbles, but try making hundreds of thousands of them a minute—all the same size.
Soft Matter
Dec 6, 2018
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Microfluidic devices can take standard medical lab procedures and condenses each down to a microchip that can balance on top of a water bottle lid. A team from Michigan Technological University, studying chemical engineering, ...
Materials Science
Oct 5, 2018
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The days of the blood sample routine - arm out, tie tube, make a fist, find a vein and tap in -- may soon be over, thanks to a new analysis method developed at U of T by Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 31, 2011
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Human tissues experience a variety of mechanical stimuli that can affect their ability to carry out their physiological functions, such as protecting organs from injury. The controlled application of such stimuli to living ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 8, 2019
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Researchers have created a unique wristwatch that contains multiple modules, including a sensor array, a microfluidic chip, signal processing, and a data display system to monitor chemicals in human sweat. Their study is ...
Nanomaterials
May 24, 2024
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