Immunoassays are extensively used for quantifying biomarkers in clinical laboratories. This week’s research highlight focuses on a capillary-driven microfluidic device for rapid and sensitive one-step immunoassay published in Microsystems and Nanoengineering Journal in which gold nanorods were employed in the reaction chambers to enhance the...
Passive microfluidics, such as capillary-driven microfluidics, are excellent candidates for point-of-care applications. A passive method for delivering reagents to the device and performing reaction is advantageous in terms of cost and portability compared to active methods where an external means is employed for this purpose....
Biofilms are complex consortiums of microbiomes that can adhere to each other and to surfaces. Biofilms can develop a shield against antibiotics and the host immune systems and thus can be very challenging to treat. A research group from Spain has now developed a microfluidic...
Soil microorganisms are of significant importance or nutrition cycling and regulation of carbon storage. The soil structure is composed of partly interconnected pores that these microorganisms live in and constantly reshape. The function and the effect of the microbes on the soil can be very...
Imagine having a micron-sized operating room equipped with a toolbox full of microtools with which you could perform a micro/nano-operation. A research group in Japan has now taken advantage of microfluidic microfabrication techniques to develop a microfluidic workbench. The microfluidic workbench consists of microchambers equipped...