Scientists develop new thermofluidic process for lab-on-a-chip applications
Researchers at Leipzig University have succeeded in moving tiny amounts of liquid at will by remotely heating water over a metal film with a laser. The currents generated in this way can be used to manipulate and even capture tiny objects. This will unlock groundbreaking new solutions for nanotechnology, the…
Call for papers: Emerging Topics in Artificial Intelligence (ETAI) 2022
AUGUST 21-25, 2022 ||| The ETAI Conference will be held in San Diego, California, August 21-25, 2022, and provides a forum for a highly interdisciplinary community combining artificial intelligence with photonics, microscopy, active matter, biomedicine, and brain connectivity. Importantly, this conference includes topics outside the core expertise of optics and…
New measurement method to accelerate development of multiple recyclable plastics
Although biodegradable plastic alternatives to PET are now available, they have so far represented a niche product. When it comes to requirements such as mechanical and thermal stability, use as a moisture barrier and durability, they can only be used to a limited extent for many applications. However, it is…
Prospects for your own research and career planning through commercial exploitation
DECEMBER, 2, 2021 ||| The innovation cluster Smart Medical Devices and Therapies of biosaxony e.V. and the Transfer Centre for Bioactive Matter of the University of Leipzig present themselves on the occasion of the Dies academicus and show what potential the university and regional research landscape offers and how this…