The system could automate chemical synthesis for batteries and drug formulations

Tiny device could replace expensive lab-scale equipment for many applications

New technology could speed hospital work and enhance health care

Human tissue samples linked by microfluidic channels replicate interactions of multiple organs

A novel lab-on-a-chip can be used to study gene regulation in single bacterial cells in response to dynamically controlled environmental changes

Researchers have developed a rapid, automatable, chip-based platform to analyze live cells

Researchers are developing a first-of-its-kind 3D model that uses a single microfluidic sensing chip to study the complicated processes that take place in malaria-infected placenta as well as other placenta-related diseases and pathologies

Device is the first to provide rapid, point-of-care measurement of the immune system's response, without any need to process the blood

New technology could be used to test for health and disease indicators, bacteria, and viruses, along with air and other contaminants

Through the technology—modeling a human heart on an engineered chip and measuring the effects of compound exposure on functions of heart tissue using microelectrodes—researchers hope to decrease the time needed for new drug trials