Microfluidics: My Senior Year In AP Science

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Science is a broad field, that requires extensive research, testable explanations and predictions about universe. Even though I have got minute experience in research, it was a good opportunity to get in the shoes of research scientist for some time. I have got the chance to research only once, in high school. It was my senior year, in AP Chemistry when we started researching microfluidics. Our goal was to make a chip with network of channels and analyze different fluids flow, color and reaction. Our research was concentrated at low level, but through trials, errors and success I encountered research more closely.
Microfluidics is big field with numerous applications, including medicine, environment, electronics and pathology. We only used

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