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Graphene Flagship’s Grapheal Raises €1.9 Million to Develop Biosensors and Fast Digital COVID Tests

Graphene Flagship associate member, Grapheal, receives investment for clinical studies to validate their technologies and accelerate time-to-market.

10 Mar 2021

Researchers Develop a Biosensor for Measuring Extracellular Hydrogen Peroxide Concentrations

Several processes in the human body are regulated by biochemical reactions involving hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Although it can act as a 'secondary messenger', relaying or amplifying certain signals between cells, H2O2 is generally toxic because of its oxidant character.

9 Mar 2021

Silicone Membrane for Wearable Biosensors can Rapidly Wick Water Away from the Skin

A silicone membrane for wearable devices is more comfortable and breathable thanks to better-sized pores made with the help of citric acid crystals. -

23 Feb 2021

Researchers Find New Way to Enhance the Performance of Electrochemical Micro-Sensors

A team led by researchers at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering have found a new way of enhancing the performance of electrochemical micro-sensors. This discovery could lead to the detection of biomolecules, such as dopamine, at lower concentrations than is possible today. Their findings are described in a paper published in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

22 Feb 2021

Wearable Chemical Sensor for Real-Time Measurement of Lactate Concentration in Sweat

With the seemingly unstoppable advancement in the fields of miniaturization and materials science, all sorts of electronic devices have emerged to help us lead easier and healthier lives.

18 Feb 2021

Smiths Detection’s BioFlash Shown to Detect Airborne COVID-19

Smiths Detection, a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, today reports that its BioFlash® Biological Identifier is capable of detecting SARS-CoV-2 in the air following tests conducted by the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID).

From Smiths Detection 17 Feb 2021

Novel Biosensors for Real-Time Monitoring of Sugar Levels in Plant Tissues

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed biosensors that make it possible to monitor sugar levels in real time deep in the plant tissues - something that has previously been impossible. The information from the sensors may help agriculture to adapt production as the world faces climate change. The results have been published in the scientific journal iScience.

12 Feb 2021

Photoplethysmography Biosensors in Smartphones Could Support Remote Pulse Oximetry

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an easy optical method for detecting volumetric variations in peripheral blood circulation.

10 Feb 2021

Robust Antifouling Protection Needed for Some Biosensors

Some promising biosensors and medical devices work well within pristine laboratory environments. However, they tend to stop working to deliver medical therapeutics or monitor chronic health issues once exposed to the real-world conditions of complex biological fluids.

3 Feb 2021

Novel Protein-Based Sensors Rapidly Detect Coronavirus Antibodies

A new method has been developed by researchers to detect the proteins that constitute the pandemic coronavirus, along with its antibodies. They created protein-based biosensors that glow on combining with components of the virus or particular COVID-19 antibodies.

29 Jan 2021

Biosensors News

Graphene Flagship’s Grapheal Raises €1.9 Million to Develop Biosensors and Fast Digital COVID Tests

Researchers Develop a Biosensor for Measuring Extracellular Hydrogen Peroxide Concentrations

Silicone Membrane for Wearable Biosensors can Rapidly Wick Water Away from the Skin

Researchers Find New Way to Enhance the Performance of Electrochemical Micro-Sensors

Wearable Chemical Sensor for Real-Time Measurement of Lactate Concentration in Sweat

Smiths Detection’s BioFlash Shown to Detect Airborne COVID-19

Novel Biosensors for Real-Time Monitoring of Sugar Levels in Plant Tissues

Photoplethysmography Biosensors in Smartphones Could Support Remote Pulse Oximetry

Robust Antifouling Protection Needed for Some Biosensors

Novel Protein-Based Sensors Rapidly Detect Coronavirus Antibodies

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