Joseph Black, a Scottish chemist and physician, first identified carbon dioxide in the 1750s. Since then, scientists have been exploring ways to measure this common gas.
Haptic technologies date back many decades. However, recent advances in sensor technologies – including mechanisms that can provide the user with a realistic sense of touch – are becoming more and more advanced.
By Liam Critchley
27 Oct 2018
Micro-electromechanical systems, commonly referred to as MEMS, are one of the most promising forms of technology in the scientific world today.
By Liam Critchley
27 Oct 2018
Type 1 diabetes can strike anyone, regardless of how old they are or the size of their waistline. The disease prevents the body from producing enough insulin to regulate a person’s blood glucose level.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
27 Oct 2018
Graphene has many applications, and sensor technology is perhaps one of the areas where graphene has found the most use, especially from an academic perspective.
By Liam Critchley
27 Oct 2018
The switch from bulk materials to thin films has arisen in many industries thanks to advancements in bottom-up fabrication methods and the utilization of nanomaterials.
By Liam Critchley
27 Oct 2018
Developments in thin film technology has led to some of the most advanced sensors currently in use across many different industries.
By Brett Smith
27 Oct 2018
Sensors are devices, modules or subsystems that are capable of detecting and responding to a certain type of input that has been acquired from the physical environment.
By Benedette Cuffari
27 Oct 2018
A single day of the solar energy received by the Earth exceeds the entire amount of energy the planet uses in one year.
By Brett Smith
27 Oct 2018
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is a microscopy technique within the branch of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) that is used to obtain a topographic image of a specimen at nanometer (nm) resolution.
By Benedette Cuffari
27 Oct 2018