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Novel Fluorescent Biosensor Allows Observation of Real-Time Brain Dynamics of Neuropeptides

Billions of neural cells in the brain act in unison to coordinate both routine and higher functions of an organism.

11 Feb 2022

Novel Biosensor Detects Biomarkers Tied to Traumatic Brain Injuries

Researchers have been successful in testing a tiny biosensor in the laboratory. This was developed for detecting biomarkers based on traumatic brain injuries.

4 Feb 2022

New Molecular Electronics Sensor Provides a Direct, Powerful View of Biological Information

The first molecular electronics chip has been developed, realizing a 50-year-old goal of integrating single molecules into circuits to achieve the ultimate scaling limits of Moore's Law.

25 Jan 2022

Low-Cost, Wearable Sweat Sensor Provides New Insights on Your Health

Sweating it out through exercise may be a New Year's resolution but it could also help to provide new insights into the state of your health, according to new sensing technology being developed at Simon Fraser University.

12 Jan 2022

MXene-Based Biosensor Helps Identify Actual Performance Metrics

A research team from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has discovered ultrathin nanomaterials, known as MXenes, that are balanced to make it easier to monitor a person’s well-being by analyzing their pH levels of sweat.

4 Jan 2022

Carbon-Based Biosensor Set to Drive New Innovations in Brain-Controlled Robotics

A novel carbon-based biosensor developed at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is set to drive new innovations in brain-controlled robotics.

23 Dec 2021

Advances to Biosensors Based on Field-Effect Transistors

There has been an ever-increasing need for sensitive and selective electronic biosensors for various applications. Biosensors are analytical devices monitoring a target of interest in real time and are best suited for clinical health care, environmental sensing, drug development, as well as food safety and quality control.

22 Dec 2021

Wearable Sensors are Feasible for Remote Monitoring of People with Complex Health Conditions

Remote monitoring of health-related behaviour with wearable sensor technology is feasible for people with complex health conditions, shows a recent University of Waterloo study.

21 Dec 2021

Novel Hybrid Sensor Could Detect the Virus that Causes COVID-19

Developing new tools to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming increasingly critical as a fifth wave washes over the global landscape. With infections on the rise, a novel, extremely precise and speedy biosensing method has been identified by MIT researchers who have demonstrated that it would be possible to develop a sensor, based on quantum physics, that could detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

20 Dec 2021

New Sensor can Image Microbial Growth Quickly and with High Sensitivity

Guoan Zheng, associate professor of biomedical engineering, has developed a new sensor technology that can perform large-scale microbial monitoring with high spatiotemporal resolution and high sensitivity.

16 Nov 2021