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Hydrogel Shells Could Help Deploy Bacteria as Environmental Sensors

By sealing bacteria in tough yet porous, outer casings, environmental scientists could use these organisms as safe and effective detectors of environmental contaminants like heavy metals.

7 Apr 2021

Electrical Sensors to Detect Harmful Free Radicals

An international project involving researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is receiving 3.2 million euros from the European research and innovation program "Horizon 2020" to develop a cost-effective method for measuring certain air pollutants.

24 Mar 2021

A New System to Remotely Monitor the Behavior of Freshwater Mussels

Researchers at North Carolina State University have designed and demonstrated a new system that allows them to remotely monitor the behavior of freshwater mussels. The system could be used to alert researchers to the presence of toxic substances in aquatic ecosystems.

24 Mar 2021

Real-Time Monitoring of Solid State Relays

CARLO GAVAZZI has launched the NRG Series of EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, and Modbus Controllers and multifunction Solid State Relays.

From Carlo Gavazzi Inc. 10 Mar 2021

MUCCnet Sensor Network Enables Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The sensor network MUCCnet (Munich Urban Carbon Column network) consists of five high-precision optical instruments that analyze the sun's light spectra. They measure the concentration of the gases carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Since each gas has its own unique spectral "fingerprint", concentrations of these gases can be determined in the columns of air between the instruments and the sun.

9 Mar 2021

The Jena Experiment: using PR2 Profile Probe in major ecosystem research project

The Experiment The Jena Experiment is a long-term biodiversity focused research project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The large scale project has been ...

From Delta-T Devices Ltd 4 Mar 2021

Rice Researchers Develop a Real-Time Sensor System to Detect Airborne COVID-19 Virus

Researchers at Rice University have received funding for up to $1 million to develop a real-time sensor system able to detect minute amounts of the airborne virus that causes COVID-19 infection.

23 Feb 2021

New Glass Fiber-Based Sensor Network to Safeguard Drinking Water Supplies

Researchers supported by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant and part of a cross-campus collaboration at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) of the University of Alabama System are now working on an innovative sensor network that uses glass fibers to protect drinking water supplies.

8 Jan 2021

Using Ground-Penetrating Radar to Measure Soil Properties at Any Depth

A team of scientists from RUDN University and the Dokuchyaev Soil Science Institute developed a method for identifying the color of soil at different depths and the structure of soil profile using ground-penetrating radar.

23 Dec 2020

New Ice Sensor Efficiently Detects Ice Build-Up on Aircraft, Wind Turbines

A new study by researchers from UBC Okanagan has transformed how aircraft and wind turbine operators deal with the risks associated with the build-up of ice.

18 Dec 2020