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Bio & Medicine Nov 15, 2023

Rapid purification and characterization of circulating small extracellular vesicles on a label-free lab-on-a-chip

All cells secrete nanoscale extracellular vesicles naturally as lipid-bilayer delimited particles. Therefore they are valid biomarkers to identify a variety of diseases.

Polymers Nov 6, 2023

Hydrogel-assisted microfluidic spinning of stretchable fibers via fluidic and interfacial self-adaptation

Stretchable polymeric fibers have significant impact, although their production requires rigorous environmental methods and resource consumption. The process is challenging for elastic polymers with reduced spinnability and ...

Cell & Microbiology Oct 21, 2023

New 3D-printed tumor model enables faster, less expensive and less painful cancer treatment

An international team of interdisciplinary researchers has successfully created a method for better 3D modeling of complex cancers. The University of Waterloo-based team combined cutting-edge bioprinting techniques with synthetic ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 12, 2023

An electrical switch to control chemical reactions

New pharmaceuticals, cleaner fuels, biodegradable plastics: in order to meet society's needs, chemists have to develop new synthesis methods to obtain new products that do not exist in their natural state.

Polymers Oct 5, 2023

New process 3D prints glass microstructures at low temperature with fast curing

Using ultraviolet light instead of extremely high temperatures, a team of Georgia Tech researchers has developed a new approach for 3D printing small glass lenses and other structures that would be useful for medical devices ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 28, 2023

Wearable aptamer nanobiosensor wirelessly monitors estrogen in sweat

The sex hormone commonly known as estrogen plays an important role in multiple aspects of women's health and fertility. High levels of estrogen in the body are associated with breast and ovarian cancers, while low levels ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 28, 2023

Scientists develop 3D-printed epifluidic electronic skin

In a recent study published in Science Advances, researchers from the California Institute of Technology, led by Dr. Wei Gao, have developed a machine learning (ML)–powered 3D-printed epifluidic electronic skin for multimodal ...

Biochemistry Sep 27, 2023

BSI-AST chip: A powerful tool to accelerate antimicrobial susceptibility testing for bloodstream infections

The presence of viable bacteria in the blood (bacteremia) when not controlled properly can lead to bloodstream infection (BSI) and sepsis, a syndromic inflammatory response.

Bio & Medicine Sep 25, 2023

Magnetic bead manipulation in microfluidic chips for biological application

In recent years, microfluidics has emerged as a revolutionary technology for biological analysis and medical diagnostics, enabling the precise control and manipulation of fluids at the microscale. At the same time, functionalized ...

Optics & Photonics Sep 25, 2023

Inspired by butterfly wings, researchers develop a soft, color-changing system for optical devices

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have designed an innovative pixelated, soft, color-changing system called a Morphable Concavity Array (MoCA).

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