/sci/ - Science & Math

>>6645562
Probably not. Scaling laws are a bitch.

As one decreases size, Reynolds number decreases and the fluid behaves more like a syrup at that scale.

In addition, evaporation rates also increase as droplet size decrease, and evaporation is a big problem with these systems.

So one can only scale these things so far, so no exponential scaling. One certainly cannot make a chip for doing science on bacteria, smaller than the bacteria too.


>>any operation performed in a laboratory capable of being performed by the device.
except those that use solvents that damage the device, operations that require specialized equipment, or almost anything that requires boiling.

Boiling is not quite understood on the microscale.

So, we probably can't have a full lab on a chip. But then again, I don't know what full lab needs in the first place, I'm not trained in biology

>>3981145
Why? Even without morals, you don't get that much faster of a scientific development rate.

You can only grow humans so fast, after all.

Now with lab automation, like doing millions of different tests in parallel on the same human tissue cultures, it's a different story.

And that folks is why we need to automate science. pic related