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  "id": 3121594,
  "title": "Temperature-tunable micropillars enable programmable sorting of particles and cells",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/temperature-tunable-micropillars-enable-programmable-sorting-of",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-24T21:40:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-temperature-tunable-micropillars-enable-programmable.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A programmable microfluidic device developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, combines deterministic lateral displacement, a microfluidic technique used to separate particles according to size, with temperature-responsive polymer micropillars to dynamically change separation conditions along a single channel. Using this device, researchers successfully separated multiple particle…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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