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Nano-Engineered Gold Biosensors Perform Early Detection of Disease

Researchers at the University of Queensland have created biosensors based on nano-engineered porous gold. The new biosensors can detect early signs of disease more effectively, enhancing patient outcomes.

26 Aug 2020

Developing New Metal Sensors to Look into the Gastrointestinal Tract

A University of Houston researcher is developing a new set of metal sensors that will be able to function in the gastrointestinal tract, a low oxygen environment, to examine how gut bacteria respond when trace metal nutrients, like iron and zinc, are thrown out of balance either through diet or disease.

20 Aug 2020

Wearable Sensor Printed on Microbial Nanocellulose Detects Biomarkers in Sweat

Researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) in São Carlos, Brazil, have developed a wearable sensor printed on microbial nanocellulose, a naturally occurring polymer.

18 Aug 2020

New Smartwatch Tracks Drug Levels Inside the Body in Real Time

Engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and their colleagues at Stanford School of Medicine have demonstrated that drug levels inside the body can be tracked in real time using a custom smartwatch that analyzes the chemicals found in sweat.

10 Aug 2020

New Graphene Oxide-Based Sensor to Quickly Detect Acute Infections

In collaboration with partners in healthcare and industry, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM have developed a graphene oxide-based sensor system that can identify acute infections such as sepsis or the antibodies against the coronavirus within a few minutes.

4 Aug 2020

Research into Metal-Breathing Bacteria Could Pave Way for New Generation of Nutrient Sensors

When the Shewanella oneidensis bacterium "breathes" in certain metal and sulfur compounds anaerobically, the way an aerobic organism would process oxygen, it produces materials that could be used to enhance electronics, electrochemical energy storage, and drug-delivery devices.

29 Jul 2020

Label-Free Nanosensing Technique Helps Detect Early Biomarkers of Cancer

A new technique developed by biomedical engineers from Duke University can be used to concurrently identify the presence of various specific microRNAs in RNA derived from tissue specimens and without the necessity for target amplification or labeling.

22 Jul 2020

New Nanoantennas can Drastically Improve Sensitivity of Biosensors

The World Health Organisation has regularly said that rapid testing of patients with COVID-19 is critical to controlling the pandemic, especially with lockdown measures easing across the globe.

24 Jun 2020

MSR-Electronic - Worldwide Methane Gas Monitoring in over 300 Biogas Plants

The idea is as simple as it is ingenious: Mix the unloved liquid manure with corn silage, let bacteria work and use the methane gas produced to generate electricity and heat. Renewable energy sources are inexhaustible. In times of scarce energy resources and climate change, the focus is on new energy sources. Biogas has proven to be a very good alternative in natural energy production.

From MSR-Electronic GmbH 9 Jun 2020

New Paper-Based Sensor Could Support Early Cancer Detection

Scientists at Washington State University (WSU) have designed a technology that is 30 times more sensitive compared to the existing lab-based tests in determining early-stage cancer biomarkers in blood.

5 Jun 2020