If you were a kid before the age of smartphones, you probably played with a whirligig at least once. The design for this simple toy, which will spin twine threaded through a button at rapid speeds ...

A simple innovation the size of a grain of sand means we can now analyse cells and tiny particles as if they were inside the human body. The new micro-device for fluid analysis will enable more ...

Blood separation is the dividing of whole blood into its various components. Whole blood is often isolated for therapeutic and diagnostic reasons, including research. For this to be achieved, ...

IN the performance of blood grouping and cross-matching tests a source of inconvenience, and of possible error, is the operation of transferring the tubes in which the reactions are performed from ...

Micro-device to enable tailored experiments in drug development and disease research via new 'organ-on-chip' systems. A simple innovation the size of a grain of sand means we can now analyse cells and ...