Microfluidics device helps diagnose sepsis in minutes

When time matters in hospitals, automated system can detect an early biomarker for the potentially life-threatening condition.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
July 23, 2019 ~7 min

Technique identifies electricity-producing bacteria

Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 11, 2019 ~7 min


To guide cancer therapy, device quickly tests drugs on tumor tissue

Inexpensive 3-D-printed microfluidics device could be used to personalize cancer treatment.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 12, 2018 ~9 min

Using electricity and water, a new kind of motor can slide microrobots into motion

Microhydraulic actuators, thinner than one-third the width of human hair, are proving to be the most powerful and efficient motors at the microscale.

Kylie Foy | Lincoln Laboratory • mit
Nov. 19, 2018 ~8 min

“Body on a chip” could improve drug evaluation | MIT News

Human tissue samples linked by microfluidic channels replicate interactions of multiple organs.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 14, 2018 ~8 min

Understanding and treating disease | MIT News

Mechanical engineering researchers are developing new and innovative ways to improve health care.

Mary Beth O'Leary | Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
Feb. 2, 2018 ~12 min

Microfluidics from LEGO bricks | MIT News

MIT engineers make microfluidics modular using the popular interlocking blocks.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 30, 2018 ~9 min

Programmable droplets | MIT News

Using electric fields to manipulate droplets on a surface could enable high-volume, low-cost biology experiments.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 19, 2018 ~7 min


Blood testing via sound waves may replace some tissue biopsies | MIT News

Microfluidic device uses acoustics to quickly analyze blood for signatures of cancer and other diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 18, 2017 ~7 min

Our hairy insides | MIT News

Engineers predict how flowing fluid will bend tiny hairs that line blood vessels and intestines.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 21, 2017 ~7 min

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