Feb. 04, 2019News
The wonder-material graphene could hold the key to unlocking the next generation of advanced, early stage lung cancer diagnosis. A team of scientists from the University of Exeter has developed a new technique that could create a highly ...
Aug. 21, 2018News
A new biosensor allows researchers to track oxygen levels in real time in "organ-on-a-chip" systems, making it possible to ensure that such systems more closely mimic the function of real organs. This is essential if ...
Apr. 19, 2017News
Tiny flat sensors that stick to the surface of living cells can provide detailed measurements of heat transfer at the cell surface. Developed at KAUST, these new sensors resolve some of the practical challenges of working with these tiny ...
Jun. 06, 2014News
Terahertz radiation could allow us to see through opaque surfaces without exposure to harmful x-rays, that could give us the ability to detect harmful chemicals and bio-agents from a safe distance, and that could enable us to peer so ...
Mar. 26, 2013Science
This is a modern introductory book on sensors, combining underlying theory with bang up to date topics such as nanotechnology and electronic noses. The text is suitable for graduate students and research scientists with little background ...
Sep. 13, 2012News
A biosensor of the size of a few nanometers can measure glucose levels of patients suffering from diabetes. Daily finger pricking is a routine part of their lives, but the new biosensor can measure glucose levels with the fluid from tears ...
Jul. 26, 2012Science
Proteins and cells detection methodologies with interest for rapid and costeffective diagnostics and based on nanoparticles and nanochannels, are described. The developed devices are based on the use of screen-printing technology, a mass ...
Jun. 21, 2012News
Origami-styled sensors could be used for rapid diagnostics. Complex laboratory investigations do produce reliable results, but they are not useful for point-of-care diagnostics. This is especially true in developing countries, which must ...
Jun. 04, 2012News
A biosensor developed by a team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh could reduce the chance of being poisoned by arsenic - a common contaminant of wells in parts of As
May. 16, 2012Science
Biomechatronic design combines mechanical and electric product design principles with biotechnology [1]. Systematic conceptual design, used for decades in product development for mechanical products is here adapted to cope with the ...
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