Author: Emily Hunt

On Sept. 18, Watson Realty celebrated its one-year anniversary with a ribbon-cutting and party. It may have been pouring rain with lightning and thunder, but the crowds came out toRead More

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A joint team has uncovered how soft, deformable particles, like cells, behave in microfluidic channels. Using precisely fabricated hydrogel particles and simulations on the supercomputer “Fugaku,” they demonstrated that particle softness dramatically alters their focusing patterns, deviating significantly from rigid particle behavior. These findings reveal distinct “phase transitions” in focusing, shifting from mid-edge to eight-point, diagonal-edge, and finally center focusing as deformability increases. This breakthrough, explained by a new theoretical model incorporating inertia and deformability, offers crucial insights for designing next-generation microfluidic devices for highly efficient cell sorting and other biomedical applications like early cancer detection. The ability to control…

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices inched up on Monday supported by geopolitical tension in Europe and the Middle East, although the prospect of more oil supply and concern about the impact of trade tariffs on global fuel demand weighed. Brent crude futures rose 28 cents, or 0.42%, to $66.96 a barrel by 0118 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $62.88 a barrel, up 20 cents, or 0.32%. “Reports over the weekend that Russia was threatening over the Polish border has provided traders with a timely reminder of the ongoing risks to European energy security from the north east,”…

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