Researchers Have Honed a Technique that Can Handle and Test the Physical Limits of Tiny, Soft Partic (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Researchers Have Honed a Technique that Can Handle and Test the Physical Limits of Tiny, Soft Partic

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University of Illinois researchers have honed a technique called the Stokes trap, which can handle and test the physical limits of tiny, soft particles using only fluid flow. From left, undergraduate student Channing Richter, professor Charles Schroeder and graduate student Dinesh Kumar.

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