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Easy-to-Use, Countertop Tool for Detecting Trace Levels of Trihalomethanes

The problem with water utilities is that if adequate chlorine is not added, dangerous bacteria that can lead to cholera and typhoid are not eliminated thoroughly.

12 Jul 2017

High-Tech Biogeochemical Sensors Deployed onto Existing OSNAP Moorings in the Rockall Trough

The crew of the Royal Research Ship Discovery, a scientific research vessel of the United Kingdom, recently deployed high-technology biogeochemical sensors onto existing ‘Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program’ (OSNAP) moorings in the Rockall Trough, a major deep-water area in the North Atlantic Ocean.

30 Jun 2017

Novel Sensor Platform can Detect Minute Quantities of Contaminants

Contamination of heavy water by trace amounts of regular water is detectable by a novel sensor technology, according to a study led by University of Texas Austin scientists.

17 Apr 2017

Chemical Sensor Elaborated by Scientists on the Basis of Materials Possessing Molecular Memory

An electrochemical sensor has been elaborated by a team of scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Lomonosov Moscow State University on the basis of polymers with molecular imprinting.

6 Apr 2017

Nanosensor Could Determine Presence and Quantity of Explosives

Researchers have developed a new type of nanosensor that is capable of determining both the presence and quantity of explosives such as TNT. The new technology offers a potential replacement for sniffer dogs, and could open the door to sensing applications for a variety of target analytes.

18 Jan 2017

Lasagna Stickiness Testing

With lasagna being a hugely popular dish both as supermarket ready meals and in industrial meals for pubs and cafes, the texture of the final product is extremely important. The stickiness is related to the starch content of the pasta sheet, which in turn is related to the cooking temperature and time. Measuring pasta stickiness with the TA1 texture analyzer from Lloyd Instruments allows these parameters to be optimized.

30 Nov 2016

Liquid Crystal Design Technique Could Accelerate Creation of Economical Chemical Sensors

A new method has been developed by chemical engineers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison to create low-cost chemical sensors for detecting industrial pollutants, explosives, or even chemical markers of disease in the breath of a patient.

4 Nov 2016

New Chemical Reaction Kinetics Online Resource

A new collaborative online resource from METTLER TOLEDO discusses how to optimize chemistry through studying chemical reaction rates and measuring kinetics. A comprehensive listing of kinetics studies published in scientific journals is included.

From Mettler Toledo GmbH 11 Oct 2016

MyDx Offers Free, Single Use AquaDx Sensors to Florida Residents for Testing Safety of Drinking Water

MyDx, Inc., a rapidly growing chemical detection company and the makers of MyDx®, the first multi-use hand-held chemical analyzer for consumers, today announced that in response to the contaminated water crisis in the Tampa, Florida area, it is offering affected area residents free standalone single use AquaDx sensors to test the safety of their drinking water.

23 Sep 2016

Researchers Develop New Single Crystal to Measure Radioactive Radiations

Single crystals that are made up of lead halide perovskites, and have the capacity to gage radioactive radiation with high accuracy have been developed by a group of researchers at ETH Zurich and Empa.

22 Sep 2016