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Shrinking the microbubbles needed for ultrasound with microfluidics

Researchers in Canada have shrunk bubbles to single-micrometre diameters, suitable for use in ultrasound. The bubbles needed for ultrasound are around 2µm in diameter. Current microfluidic techniques cannot produce bubbles this small, and the techniques used to generate these microbubbles generally use physical agitation or shearing.