Building lab-on-chip devices could soon be like playing with Lego

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With their ability to guide and analyze tiny quantities of liquid, microfluidic "lab-on-chip" devices have found use in everything from seawater desalination to explosives detection to the viewing of viruses. Each time a new type of device is created, however, it must be built from scratch. This can be time-consuming and costly, as the fabrication of multiple prototypes is a traditional part of the trial-and-error development process. Now, however, building them may be as simple as mixing and matching prefabricated Lego-like modules... Continue Reading Building lab-on-chip devices could soon be like playing with Lego

Section: Science

Tags: Lab on a Chip, Lego, Microfluidic, Modular, University of Southern California

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