Tiny Acoustofluidic Chip Separates Nanoparticles from Liquid Samples to Detect Disease

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Scientists at Duke University have developed a way of concentrating nanoparticles inside a small device using only sound waves. This achievement may help introduce portable diagnostics that rely on attaching nanoparticles to  biomarkers such as proteins and measuring how many find their targets.

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Nanoparticles tagged with fluorescent markers to mak (Read more...)

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