Huang teamed up with other researchers to do microfluidics experiments, growing bacteria in tiny chambers and tracking individual cells to learn how photosynthetic bacteria grow in light and dark. (sciencenews.org)
In 2002, microbiologist Kim Lewis, along with his colleague at Northeastern University in Boston, microbial ecologist Slava Epstein, described a new technique for coaxing bacteria to grow: Put soil samples into tiny chambers sandwiched between permeable membranes and return these contraptions to the ground. (sciencemag.org)
Generally no bigger than a computer thumb drive and made of clear plastic, the devices contain tiny chambers embedded with populations of living cells and connected by microfluidic channels that control the flow of nutrients and oxygen through the system, mimicking the essential structures and functions of organs such as the lung or liver. (protomag.com)