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Optofluidics set to flow smoothly out of the lab Dec 3, 2009

Optofluidics is making big strides in applications ranging from biomedical technology to chemical synthesis, doing things more efficiently and cheaply than conventional techniques, and even promising feats otherwise impossible. Breck Hitz reports.

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Electrons and light team up in new microscopy technique to image nanostructures

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