A fabrication process can produce self-heating microfluidic devices in one step using a multimaterial 3D printer. These devices, which can be made rapidly and cheaply in large numbers, could help ...

Researchers from Brown University and their collaborators have developed a new way to measure the properties of cells—an ...

Artificial intelligence is accelerating the design of microfluidic devices, replacing months of manual iteration with rapid, data-driven optimization. Techniques like Bayesian optimization and machine ...

Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is an electrokinetic phenomenon that induces the motion of polarisable particles in a non-uniform electric field. This method, utilised within microfluidic devices, has evolved ...

A cheap one-step process produces miniature chemical reactors that could be used to detect diseases or analyze substances. MIT researchers have used 3D printing to produce self-heating microfluidic ...

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Researchers have developed a groundbreaking, freely available droplet microfluidic component library, which promises to transform the way microfluidic devices are created. This innovation, based on ...

The beverage industry continually seeks innovative methods to ensure product quality, safety, and compliance with global health standards. Microfluidic devices have emerged as a pivotal technology in ...

Stephen Quake, a bioengineer and applied physicist at Stanford University, has always been interested in the interface between physics and biology. During his work at the California Institute of ...

(Nanowerk News) MIT researchers have used 3D printing to produce self-heating microfluidic devices, demonstrating a technique which could someday be used to rapidly create cheap, yet accurate, tools ...

MIT researchers developed a fabrication process to produce self-heating microfluidic devices in one step using a multi-material 3D printer. Pictured is an example of one of the devices. MIT ...