This collection highlights recent publications in Nature Communications on microfluidic advances: both technical improvements and those with exciting biological applications. We showcase the areas ...

Old-school electrical engineers—and plenty of older research scientists, even biologists like me—remember the days of building circuits from parts: capacitors, resistors, and transistors. The creation ...

The beverage industry continually seeks innovative methods to ensure product quality, safety, and compliance with global health standards. Microfluidic devices have emerged as a pivotal technology in ...

Microfluidics is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from physics, chemistry, and engineering to create devices that can process and analyze minuscule volumes of liquids. Often, ...

Trace-level hazardous materials (Hazmat) analysis involves monitoring, identifying, and quantifying minute concentrations of harmful substances, such as toxic chemicals, volatile and semi-volatile ...