In this work, we demonstrate for the first time the combination of conventional pressure-driven microfluidics with electrically-programmable digital microfluidics. The use of continuous microfluidics in channels of fixed geometry is widespread and has been used for numerous applications. Digital microfluidics is an emerging area based on programmable electrowetting droplet movement. Merging the...

The interdisciplinary research field of microfluidics has the potential to revolutionize current technologies that require the handling of a small amount of fluid, a fast response, low costs and automation. Microfluidic platforms that handle small amounts of liquid have been categorised as continuous-flow microfluidics and digital microfluidics. The first part of this paper discusses the recent...

Microfluidics has emerged as a set of powerful tools that have greatly advanced some areas of biological research, including research using C. elegans. The use of microfluidics has enabled many experiments that are otherwise impossible with conventional methods. Today there are many examples that demonstrate the main advantages of using microfluidics for C. elegans research, achieving precise e...

Advances in microfluidics in the last two decade have created a tremendous technological value which is shaping genomics; drug discovery; proteomics; and point-of-care diagnostics. The positive impact has resulted in faster analysis time, increased throughput and reduced cost amongst other important benefits. Yet, the life sciences end-users and the microfluidics players themselves are far from...

Microfluidics encompasses the science and technology of systems that process or manipulate extremely small volumes of fluids, generally ranging from nanoliters to attoliters (10 –9 to 10 –18 liters). Applications span from physical-science-based applications such as inkjet printers and microfuel cells to biotechnology applications such as DNA analysis and drug discovery. The appeal of microflui...

Accuracy of inertial navigation system (INS) is limited by inertial sensors imperfections. Before using inertial sensors signals in the data fusion algorithm, noise removal method should be performed, in which, wavelet decomposition method is used. In this method the raw data is decomposed into high and low frequency data sets. In this study, wavelet multi-level resolution analysis (WMRA) techn...

a specific form of the inertial law is presented by which we can gain a deeper insight into the essence of mass and inertia. in this modified theory, there is no need to keep the concept of absolute space and newton's third law as principles, by introducing a convenient form for gravitational law the coupling constant g becomes a function of inertial parameters of the universe

Stem-cell biology and microfluidics have both been hotbeds of research activity for the past few years, yet neither field has been able to successfully commercialize a clinical 'killer application'. Stem-cell behavior is exquisitely sensitive to environmental cues, and the important cues are difficult to establish, manipulate and quantify in traditional cell culture. Because the microenvironmen...