techniques, microfluidics

This newly described behavior occurs spontaneously, but can be modulated by food availability, temperature, and the size of the chambers.

A tiny implanted optofluidic device enables researchers to control mouse nerves without touching the animals.

An implantable wireless device with microfluidic and optical components allows manipulation of individual nerve fibers in mice’s extremities.

Circuits made from a novel material are more flexible than ever before.  

New tools for investigating how physical forces affect cells

Researchers develop a method that combines the strengths of shotgun metagenomics and single-cell genome sequencing in a microfluidics-based platform.

Choosing the right model, be it 3-D or 2-D, requires wading through varied cell sources, cell types, and cell culture conditions.

Researchers are developing potent ways to fuel and control the movement of micromotor devices.

Novel microfluidic devices give researchers new ways to count and sort single cells.

A grab bag of advances is making Western blots faster, more sensitive, and more reliable.

Recent developments in cell transfection and molecular delivery technologies

New approaches to diagnosing bacterial infections may one day allow the identification of pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility in a matter of hours or minutes.

Microfluidic tools and techniques for investigating cells, one by one

Tools for tracking quorum-sensing signals in bacterial colonies

Three approaches for isolating and characterizing rare tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream

Scientists come up with a better way to watch cells leave blood vessels.

Transfecting molecules into cells is as easy as one, two, squeeze.

Scotch tape and a scalpel provide a MacGyver-esque approach to microfabrication.

Clever microfluidic platforms take the study of protein-protein interactions to a new level.