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Robotic Sea Goddess to Monitor Ocean Life

A robot that can follow marine organisms underwater for considerable distances would be key to learning more about these organisms.

2 Nov 2010

Colorimetric Sensors to Track Shoe-Bombing Explosives

It is highly challenging to track Triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a chemical explosive that is commonly deployed in shoe-bombing trials. Recently, scientists have devised a colorimetric sensor sequence that have the potentiality to detect even small traces of TATP vapor present in the air.

25 Oct 2010

CNSE to Devise Miniature Weight-Less Sensors for Military Applications

Researchers at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering are developing specific sensing devices that have the potentiality to lay out the topography of the ocean floor and to trace out the resources such as the mineral repositories and natural gas.

8 Oct 2010

ANDalyze Sensor Monitors Water Pollutants On-Site Employing DNA Catalytic Technology

The Fluorimeter-based device or the ANDalyze sensor is capable of performing live testing and evaluation of heavy metal contamination in water and is being marketed in China and Australia, dominating the time consuming laborious evaluation processes such as reagent and electrochemical testing procedures.

5 Oct 2010