Capillary flow is a common phenomenon inherent in everyday tasks, from wiping up spills to watering plants. Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology You may never have heard of the capillary effect, ...

The cells lining skin capillaries are constantly sending each other messages—tiny pulses of calcium that help regulate blood ...

Most of the cerebral microcirculation is comprised of capillaries that are lined with pericytes, but the influence of pericytes on local blood flow was not previously established. A new study by ...

With the development of space technology, more and more spacecraft are entering space. The normal operation of satellites and space stations is inseparable from liquid propellants, cryogens, thermal ...

All it takes is the flip of a protein "switch" within the tiny wire-like capillaries of the brain to increase the blood flow that ensures optimal brain function. New research has uncovered that ...

Figure 2: Classification of electrophoretic techniques. Credit: The Author. Gel electrophoresis: separation takes place through a gel matrix. Zone electrophoresis: molecules are separated into zones ...

Thanks to the increasing availability of point-of-care (POC) testing, the use of capillary blood (fingerstick) sampling worldwide is growing. Anemia affects around 25% of the global population. Its ...

Recent developments in column technology and instrumentation for use in capillary-scale liquid chromatography are discussed. Key motivating factors for the increase in capillary liquid chromatography ...

New research has uncovered that capillaries have the capacity to both sense brain activity and generate an electrical vasodilatory signal to evoke blood flow and direct nutrients to neurons. All it ...