Programmable Droplets Support High Volume Alternative Tech to Microfluidic Chips

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a ‘programmable droplet’ digital lab-on-a-chip technology that uses electric fields to move, mix and stir tiny liquid droplets containing chemical or biological molecules deposited on the surface of a specially coated and inexpensive printed circuit board. MIT researcher Udayan Umapathi, and colleagues claim the programmable electrowetting platform could pave the way to enabling more cost-efficient, large-sc