Advancements within the field of wireless technology, wearable electronics, smart materials, and functional fibers have enhanced the mechanical, optical, and electrical capabilities of biosensing systems. One recent development was discussed in a Nature Biotechnology paper, in which the researchers combined circuits into flexible and textile substrates that can detect viruses.
By Benedette Cuffari
22 Jul 2021
An Australian technology start-up, MOVUS, is working to bring the benefits of massive passive data-gathering to bear in industry. MOVUS’s FitMachine condition monitoring sensor has been touted as the FitBit of industrial machinery.
By Ben Pilkington
9 Jul 2021
A new carbon-based semiconducting material could be key to building the next cohort of biosensors designed to monitor individual health. The material outclasses existing options, but developing such a component was not without its challenges.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
8 Jul 2021
A team of researchers from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, have established a new, low-cost sensor capable of detecting tiny fragments of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic within wastewater.
By Sarah Moore
25 Jun 2021
To maximize energy output and minimize maintenance costs, wind farm operators install numerous sensors on their wind turbines. These tiny, relatively inexpensive devices enable skyscraper-sized wind turbines to operate as efficiently and safely as possible.
By Ben Pilkington
23 Jun 2021
Improved early detection systems are critical in wildfire management, and researchers worldwide are working on sensor-based platforms capable of identifying fires much sooner.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
18 Jun 2021
Researchers are finding ways to improve MOS-based sensors so they perform better in harsh conditions such as in a combustion environment. One potential way to improve MOS-based sensors is by using a single-element device composed of a single nanostructure.
By Andrew Messios
17 Jun 2021
Scientists have invented an ‘electronic nose’ that can identify COVID-19 infection through ‘smell’. The team, based at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, began developing the innovative device at the start of the pandemic. Now, the technology is up to 94% accurate at detecting the presence of COVID-19 infection.
By Sarah Moore
11 Jun 2021
Innovative, wireless soft sensors have been developed by a team at Northwestern University and the University of Carolina. They are the first to have the capabilities of comprehensively monitoring pregnant women without cumbersome wires.
By Sarah Moore
1 Jun 2021
JET engineering System Solutions Ltd and Excelerate Technology Limited have teamed up to develop a system of low-profile 5G-enabled buoys that transmit real-time sea condition information to an onshore 5G network, giving scientists and the public access to sea condition monitoring data.