Microfluidics
Sugar high for bees
October 12, 2011
Bees, and similar nectar feeders, get sweeter juice with dipping tongues.
Tumor cells go against the flow
July 22, 2011
Microfluidic model helps explain how fluid’s flow in bodily tissue influences tumor cell migration.
In the mix
May 19, 2011
Research finds ‘viscous fingers’ can induce efficient mixing of fluids in tight spaces.
Researchers say ocean currents cause microbes to filter light
March 16, 2011
The same phenomenon occurs in the ocean, in a flask and in the art of Paul Matisse.
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Marine biology
Going with the flow
March 8, 2011
New 3-D microfluidic system offers greater control over production of drug-delivering nanoparticles.
Laws of attraction
November 2, 2010
Ocean micro-organisms are shown to behave like larger animals in the presence of sulfur. Might this offer clues about the roles they play in regulating Earth’s climate?
Nerve-cell regeneration quest is fast tracked
October 12, 2010
Microchip technology rapidly identifies compounds for regrowing nerves, in live animals.
Mysterious quantum forces unraveled
May 11, 2010
MIT researchers find a way to calculate the effects of Casimir forces, offering a way to keep micromachines’ parts from sticking together.
‘Micro-ants’: Tiny conveyor belts for the 21st century
December 15, 2009
A new method of moving tiny particles using magnetic polymer beads and magnetic fields could find uses in microchips and in medicine
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