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Affordable, High-Performance Beam Collimators

Affordable, High-Performance Beam Collimators designed for Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) testing of optical systems.

From Optical Surfaces Limited 9 Dec 2020

Paper-Based Electrochemical Sensor can Enable Rapid Detection of COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, testing remains a key strategy for tracking and containing the virus.

8 Dec 2020

Novel Smart Traffic Signs Use Doppler Radar, Video and Acoustic, Weather Sensors

Ever get caught up in a pileup or have a near miss with one during bad weather- Researchers in Poland have created smart road signs that use built-in Doppler radar, video, and acoustic radar and weather stations to monitor road traffic and conditions to warn drivers in real-time of hazards and prevent collisions on highways.

8 Dec 2020

New CZT Detector Could Aid in Medical Diagnostics, Homeland Security

Security officials have to ensure that unsafe materials are not smuggled into a country by criminals, but it has become quite costly and difficult to detect nuclear substances.

8 Dec 2020

Gas Warning Systems from MSR-Electronic for Safety on Ships

Gas warning systems from MSR-Electronic for safety on ships

From MSR-Electronic GmbH 4 Dec 2020

In-Fiber Multispectral Optical Sensing for Precise Analysis of Liquid Biological Samples

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Israel have come up with a new, simple and inexpensive method of testing liquid biological samples that can be further developed to work in clinical settings, including real-time testing during surgery. The paper was published in the journal Light: Science & Applications.

4 Dec 2020

Active Capacitive Measurement System with Integrated Preamplifier Offers Flexible Cable Lengths Up to 15m for Automation, Machine Building and Robotics

Precision sensor supplier Micro-Epsilon has launched an active capacitive measurement system that incorporates a preamplifier within the sensor head to directly boost the signal. This provides end users with greater flexibility for cable routing and movement, especially in industrial automation, robotics, semiconductor production and machine building applications.

From Micro-Epsilon 3 Dec 2020

Novel Plant Nanobionic Optical Sensor can Monitor Arsenic Levels in the Soil

Scientists from Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP), an Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have engineered a novel type of plant nanobionic optical sensor that can detect and monitor, in real-time, levels of the highly toxic heavy metal arsenic in the belowground environment.

3 Dec 2020

Wearable Sensor for a 'Smart' Bandage may Help Track Healing in Skin Wounds

Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Texas at Austin have presented a proof-of-concept for a wearable sensor that can track healing in sores, ulcers, and other kinds of chronic skin wounds, even without the need to remove the bandages. The paper was published in the journal ACS Sensors.

3 Dec 2020

NMR-based Sensor Could be Used to Detect Fatty Liver Disease or Liver Fibrosis

About 25 percent of the U.S. population suffers from fatty liver disease, a condition that can lead to fibrosis of the liver and, eventually, liver failure.

3 Dec 2020

Researchers Develop a Butterfly-Inspired Light-Activated Hydrogen Sensor

Inspired by the surface of butterfly wings, researchers have developed a light-activated hydrogen sensor that produces ultra-precise results at room temperature.

3 Dec 2020

trinamiX to Present Molecular Sensing Technology for use in Mobile Devices at Snapdragon Tech Summit Digital 2020

trinamiX GmbH, a leader in 3D and infrared sensing solutions and a subsidiary of BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, announced its vision to bring Near-Infrared Spectroscopy into smartphones based on Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ mobile platforms at the Snapdragon Tech Summit Digital 2020.

From trinamiX GmbH 3 Dec 2020

New Butterfly-Inspired Hydrogen Sensor is Powered by Light

Inspired by the surface of butterfly wings, researchers have developed a light-activated hydrogen sensor that produces ultra-precise results at room temperature.

3 Dec 2020

Baumer Vision Sensors Win Top Award for Helping Robots 'See'

Providing the right vision sensor for robotic applications which provide maximum functional and operational flexibility combined with easy process integration has become an increasingly important focus for sensing and instrumentation specialists BAUMER.

From Baumer Ltd. 3 Dec 2020