Guest edited by Dino di Carlo, Helene Andersson-Svah and Yanyi Huang, this issue celebrates the best and brightest amongst early career miniaturisation scientists around the world. Their editorial reflects on the past before introducing the upcoming challenges that new generations of investigators are facing. These challenges are demonstrated in the range of topics covered in this issue.
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This issue features three HOT articles, which received particularly high scores at peer review. They are free* to access for a limited time only so click on the links below to download the full articles
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00081A
A simple strategy for in situ fabrication of a smart hydrogel microvalve within microchannels for thermostatic control
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00039K
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00050A
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