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Innovations that have transformed
room-size computers into dime-size chips are similarly miniaturizing
biotechnology. Laboratory tests that previously required lots of equipment,
samples, chemicals and time can now be done on a microscopic scale in cheap,
mass-produced devices. This so-called lab-on-a-chip technology can automate
thousands of experiments a day with great accuracy, saving on expensive
chemicals and precious samples. The chips rely on microfluidics— the
manipulation of tiny amounts of fluids in equally tiny tubes and vessels.
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