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Programmable Quantum Sensor can Achieve the Best Possible Precision

Atomic clocks are the best sensors mankind has ever built. Today, they can be found in national standards institutes or satellites of navigation systems.

24 Mar 2022

Smart Glove to Train Young Surgeons

A glove is being trialled at Liverpool Hospital that gives surgical trainees instant and accurate feedback. Researchers say the gloves could also be used by musicians and artists.

24 Mar 2022

Researchers Create Radar Sensor Technique That Helps to Track People at Disaster Spots

A Korean research team has created a system that can help firefighters save lives in the event of a fire, explosion, or collapse at an internal disaster site.

23 Mar 2022

Wireless, Biodegradable Sensor Could Help Doctors to Monitor Changes in Brain Chemistry

A wireless, biodegradable sensor could offer doctors a way to monitor changes in brain chemistry without requiring a second operation to remove the implant, according to an international team of researchers.

23 Mar 2022

Wearable Sensors for Assessing Airborne Hazards

The US Department of Defense is investigating the possibility of deploying wearable sensors to monitor the exposure of service personnel to dangerous toxins, thereby superseding current static detection systems.

By William Alldred 22 Mar 2022

Battery-Free Wireless Sensing Device Inspired by Dandelion Seeds

Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have drawn inspiration from nature to develop battery-free, minute-sensor-carrying devices that could help distribute wireless sensors across large areas.

By David J. Cross 21 Mar 2022

Natural Product-Based Paint Provides Antifouling Solution for Marine Sensors

Biofouling is a major challenge for underwater sensors, particularly in marine environments where long-term in situ monitoring takes place.

21 Mar 2022

Scientists Design Electrochemical Biosensor for Interference-Free Detection of Organophosphorus Pesticides

A class of lethal nerve agents, known as organophosphorus pesticides (Ops), is commonly used in agriculture and strikes a dangerous threat to the wellbeing of humans and their environment.

21 Mar 2022

Scientists Develop a Nanoporous Activated-Carbon Functionalized Graphene Channel

Due to its single-molecule sensitivity, high carrier density, and low noise levels, graphene—an atomic-thick sheet of carbon—has found enormous uses in gas sensors.

18 Mar 2022

Researchers Create an Underwater Mechanical Sensor That Acts Like Lateral Line

The Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) has developed a lateral-line-like underwater mechanical sensor (LUMS) that can actively detect water depth across a wide range of 0.3-1.8 m and sensitively collect mechanical stimuli from both land and water.

18 Mar 2022