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ResearchSmartphone setup could put a stop to norovirus outbreaks
US researchers have created a handheld detection system that is sensitive enough to catch just a few particles of norovirus
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Wood microfluidics carve out a niche
Teflon-coated wood devices perform as well as plastic equivalents but face some challenges before they can realise their clinical and sustainable potential
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Droplet screening set to accelerate immunotherapies into the clinic
Single-cell technique eliminates inefficiencies when identifying immune cells active against specific cancers
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Sweat pore mimic unblocks perspiration theory
Microfluidic device shows that antiperspirants control sweating by forming pore-plugging aggregates with perspiration proteins
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Micromotors navigate tiny biochemical lab
Resistant layer protects micromotors from protein-induced breakdown when swimming through biological fluids on lab-on-a-chip device
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Tiny bubbles made easier
Shrinking the microbubbles needed for ultrasound with microfluidics
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Lab on skin can perform health check on athletes
New device analyses sweat biomarkers and communicates health data wirelessly to smartphone
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Polymer ‘artery’ makes light work of microfluidic pumping
Photo-responsive deformable tube can move liquids in microreactors without the need for external pumps
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Drawing designer COFs
Microfluidics pave way for making unique covalent organic framework materials
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Serial crystallography enhanced by graphene
Graphene-containing microfluidic device used to study the structures of complex protein crystals
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Microfluidic device lets the drop beat
Body-on-a-chip system that uses human cardiac cells has its finger on the pulse of microfluidic innovation
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Mystery of coloured water droplets that chase and repel each other solved
Discovery could herald sprays that hoover up dirt and keep solar panels clean
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Oil reserves put under the microscope with new lab-on-a-rock
A microfluidic device made from rock could unlock the secrets of hard-to-reach oil reservoirs
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Microfluidics for the masses
Lego-like components allow straightforward assembly of modular microfluidic circuits
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Faster, cheaper, better diagnostics
Microfluidics researchers are aiming to bring new diagnostic devices into mainstream medicine. Mark Peplow reports
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Genetic testing? We've got an app for that
A smartphone could be used as a wireless interface and data receiver for a genetic testing device
