Low-cost wearable electronic device collects and analyzes sweat for health monitoring

Winning entry was a recipe for a 'Micropillars Chocolate Cake', providing an imaginative yet informative explanation of how micropillar electrodes are created and used to monitor the passage of single cells

Powered by a chemical reaction controlled by microfluidics, 3D-printed ‘octobot’ has no electronics

The new system consists of a small, thin patch that is pressed against a patient’s arm during medical treatment and measures drugs in their bloodstream painlessly without drawing any blood

System eliminates the need for multiple patient visits to health care providers

This collaborative solution was introduced at the recent American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting

Inspired by pregnancy tests, scientists have developed a method to store microfluidic devices for months without refrigeration, giving developing countries an inexpensive and reliable way to treat patients

"Our method is a valuable platform for imaging and studying the effect of rotation at the single cell level." 

Problem: Laboratories in the U.S. and abroad face obstacles such as limited budgets and are
constrained by inefficient workflow and a lack of qualified personnel and highly specialized
technicians to fill a growing number of professional laboratory positions.

Team builds a microfluidics-based tissue that copies the liver's complex lobules