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Researchers Use Artificial Lipid Membrane to Develop Biosensors with Enhanced Molecular Sensitivity

The Korean team of researchers successfully developed a proprietary biosensor technology with significantly enhanced molecular sensitivity using the artificial lipid membrane that mimics cellular membrane.

20 Aug 2021

Genetic Modification Used as Biosensor for Antibody-Based Medical Diagnostics

Scientists have adapted the genetic modification technology CRISPR to identify antibodies in blood samples from patients in an attempt to encourage new grades of medical diagnostics along with a series of other applications.

16 Aug 2021

Researchers Develop Method to Stick Biosensors to Human Skin Without an Adhesive

Imagine if you could attach something to your skin without needing glue. A biosensor, a watch, a communications device, a fashion accessory -; the possibilities are endless.

11 Aug 2021

Biosensors Could Revolutionize the Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis

Sepsis refers to a systemic (body-wide) infection accompanied by inflammation. Newborn infants are particularly susceptible to developing sepsis, given their naïve and under-developed immune system.

11 Aug 2021

Biosensors Enable Low-Cost and Ultra-Fast SARS-CoV-2 Detection

The challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic have stimulated innovation on several fronts. One is the development of low-cost methods of clinical diagnosis.

11 Aug 2021

Wearable Sensor Noninvasively Monitors Plant Stress and Diseases

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can "wear" to monitor continuously for plant diseases or other stresses, such as crop damage or extreme heat.

8 Jul 2021

Using Amperometric Biosensors to Regulate Diclofenac Content in Food

The paper describes amperometric biosensors developed for the determination of diclofenac based on planar platinum electrodes modified with carbon nanotubes in chitosan, fullerene C60 in Boltorn H20, gold nanoparticles in chitosan, and immobilized tyrosinase enzyme.

8 Jul 2021

New Semiconducting Material Outperforms Existing Options for Building Biosensors

A new organic (carbon-based) semiconducting material has been developed that outperforms existing options for building the next generation of biosensors

7 Jul 2021

Novel Face Mask Embedded with Tiny Sensors can Detect Covid-19 in 90 Minutes

Engineers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a novel face mask that can diagnose the wearer with Covid-19 within about 90 minutes.

29 Jun 2021

Artificial Nose Based on Carbon Dots can be Used for Continuous Bacterial Monitoring

A team of scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have invented an artificial nose that is capable of continuous bacterial monitoring, which has never been previously achieved and could be useful in multiple medical, environmental and food applications.

22 Jun 2021