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An integrated CMOS quantitative-polymerase-chain-reaction lab-on-chip for...
Considerable effort has recently been directed toward the miniaturization of quantitative-polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR) instrumentation in an effort to reduce both cost and form factor for...
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Microfluidics Makes Physical Keys Bubble Up From The Surface of a Touch...
Tactus is still exploring tablets and mobile phones with the reappearing keyboard built into the screens ( Image Credit: James Martin/CNET) At first glance, Phorm looks like any another Apple iPad...
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Microfluidic Diamond Sensor
A diamond nanocrystal (white object to the right of center) is used to map the magnetic field around a particle (red object at center). The particle floats in a shallow bath of ionic liquid. The...
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Inkjet-printed Nanoparticle Liquid Metal Could Bring Wearable Tech, Soft...
This artistic rendering depicts electronic devices created using a new inkjet-printing technology to produce circuits made of liquid-metal alloys for “soft robots” and flexible electronics. Elastic...
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IBM Researchers Try to Build Thermal Management Into Microfluidic Chip Designs
Microelectronics experts at IBM Corp. are taking the next step in a U.S. military research program to design convective or evaporative microfluidic cooling directly into microchip designs and...
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A Biosensing Chip Placed Under The Skin for More Precise Medicine
This biosensing chip has been created by researchers in EPFL’s Integrated Systems Laboratory. (Credit: Alain Herzog / EPFL) The future of medicine lies in ever greater precision, not only when it comes...
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Can Small Go Big? Microfluidics Aid Quest for Artificial Photosynthesis
In this microfluidic water electrolysis device, the channels in which oxygen and hydrogen are generated by splitting water are separated by a chemically inert wall (red). The conduction of protons from...
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Liquid Cooling Moves Onto The Chip for Denser Electronics
Liquid cooling ports: Liquid ports carry cooling water to specially designed passages etched into the backs of FPGA devices to provide more effective cooling. The liquid cooling provides a significant...
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Microfluidics, Could Soon Cool Your Clothes
THE idea came to Ralph Liedert while he was sweltering in the Californian sunshine, having been standing with his daughter for over an hour in a queue for a ride at Disneyland. What, he thought, if his...
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Microfluidics: DARPA Is Betting Embedded Water Droplets Could Cool Next-gen...
It’s general knowledge that heat is a significant problem with modern microprocessors. Intel and AMD have collectively held the line at 140W maximum TDP (thermal design power) for the past decade, with...
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