Micro/Nano-scale

Sitting Down With… Apryll Stalcup, Director of the Irish Separation Science Cluster, Dublin City University, Ireland.

Could a new acoustic micropump inspired by the legs of swimmers open doors for microfluidics?

Micrograph of ionic liquid microarrays fabricated on a gold surface.

Four aqueous droplets are pipetted on hydrophobic parts (blue) of a hydrophilic and fibrous paper.

How microfluidic paper analytical devices will make testing for the presence of toxic chemicals in air or water as simple, ubiquitous and inexpensive as measuring the temperature.

Teams in the UK, Finland, Spain, Switzerland and Italy join forces to tackle microfluidic-based assay development

A multitude of wearable biosensors for monitoring our personal health and the external environment are on the way, led by technologies to improve performance in sport and all-round fitness. They are easy to use, will cost little and provide useful, real-time information. Stand by for the democratization of analysis.

Non-invasive lactate monitoring adds function to form for athletes on the edge

In response to the over-dependence and misuse of antimicrobials in food producing animals, ... analytical testing and surveillance is being stepped up. Here, current best practice and likely directions for monitoring antimicrobials is described.

Microrheology is in its early stages, but it has the potential to expand the range and enhance the application of rheological characterization.