Aug 15, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The human eye's remarkable ability to detect edges—the boundaries between light and dark areas in our visual field—is a fundamental aspect of how we perceive the world. This seemingly effortless task, performed by our retinas, has long been a challenge for engineers and computer scientists...
Method to remove microplastics from water could also speed up blood analyses
Aug 15, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Reporting in Nature Microsystems & Nanoengineering ("Elasto-inertial focusing and particle migration in high aspect ratio microchannels for high-throughput separation"), a team led by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology described a speedier and more precise method of elasto-inertial microfluidics, a process that involves controlling...