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Bacteriophage-Based Biosensors More Efficient with Electrically Induced Arrangement

News - 11 Dec 2015

Viruses that attack bacteria - bacteriophages - can be fussy: they only inject their genetic material into the bacteria that suit them. The fussiness of bacteriophages can be exploited in order to...

eNose Helps Identify Bacteria Causing Soft Tissue Infections

News - 17 Jan 2018

A recent study carried out at the University of Tampere, Tampere University of Technology, Pirkanmaa Hospital District and Fimlab in Finland has established the possibility of using an electronic nose...

How Hydrogel Shells can Help in Deploying Bacteria as Environmental Sensors

Article - 24 May 2021

AZoSensors speaks with Tzu-Chieh (Zijay) Tang, a Postdoctoral Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Zijay is one of the authors of a paper documenting the development of what the...

Hydrogel Shells Could Help Deploy Bacteria as Environmental Sensors

News - 7 Apr 2021

Image Credit: Shutterstock / fusebulb By sealing bacteria in tough yet porous, outer casings, environmental scientists could use these organisms as safe and effective detectors of environmental...

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

News - 29 Jul 2020

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...

Miniature Lab Device Uses Magnetic Nano-Beads to Detect Bacteria, Viruses

News - 20 Apr 2020

Engineering researchers developed a next-generation miniature lab device that uses magnetic nano-beads to isolate minute bacterial particles that cause diseases. Using this new technology improves how...

New Biosensor that Attaches to Phone Uses Bacteria to Detect Unsafe Arsenic Levels in Drinking Water

News - 27 Mar 2019

A smartphone device could possibly prevent millions of people from drinking arsenic-contaminated water. Scientists have created a biosensor that can be attached to a phone and uses bacteria to...

Building Sensors using Self-organising Bacteria

News - 11 Oct 2017

Bacteria have become builders of useful devices, say Researchers in America, who programmed them with a synthetic gene circuit and supplied them gold nanoparticles. The inspiration for this...

Newly Developed Portable Biosensor Makes Harmful Bacteria Detection Easier

News - 15 Jun 2016

Washington State University researchers have developed a portable biosensor that makes it easier to detect harmful bacteria. The research team, led by Yuehe Lin, professor in the School of...

Innovative Bioelectronic Nose Smells Traces of Bacteria in Water

News - 10 Sep 2015

New technology could be used to detect drugs at airports, test food quality and develop perfumes. A bioelectronic nose that mimics the human nose can detect traces of bacteria in water by smelling...