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UCF Students Receive $25,000 EPA Grant to Develop Toxin Biosensor for Drinking Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $25,000 grant to a team of UCF engineering students for the development of a biosensor that can detect harmful algal toxins in drinking water sources.

19 Sep 2023

Chung-Ang University Researchers Develop Novel DNA Biosensor for Early Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer

The electrochemical sensor, made of a graphitic nano-onion/molybdenum disulfide nanosheet composite, detects human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 and HPV-18, with high specificity.

8 Sep 2023

New Sepsis Detection System for Newborn Babies Using Biosensors

The Neosens project suggests a sepsis detection system for newborn babies in low- and middle-income countries, while MossStandard is coming up with a prototype of an air purifier based on plant moss.

5 Sep 2023

How are Wearable Ultrasound Devices Changing the Game for Breast Cancer Diagnosis?

Researchers at MIT have designed a wearable ultrasound device that could further improve the chances of survival for breast cancer patients. The device uses ultrasound technology that could be incorporated into a bra to allow more frequent monitoring of high-risk patients between routine mammograms.

1 Aug 2023

Archer Further Enhances Biochip gFET Design for Advanced Sensing and Sends to Commercial Foundry Partner

Archer Materials Limited (“Archer”, the “Company”), a semiconductor company advancing the quantum computing and medical diagnostics industries, has developed a next generation biochip fabrication to better detect and control disease samples on a single graphene field effect transistor (“gFET”) design.

1 Aug 2023

Wearable Sensor for Sweat Lactate Level Measurement During Exercise

Lactate concentration in sweat is a reliable measure of exercise intensity and can be tracked with wearable microfluidic sensors.

19 Jul 2023

Researchers Make Major Strides Toward an All-Purpose Biosensor Chip

Researchers have demonstrated significant improvements for chip-based sensing devices used to detect or analyze substances.

22 Jun 2023

New 3D Mesoporous Biosensing-Membrane for Glucose Detection

A huge attraction has been gained by the glucose oxidase (GOx)-based biosensors for their ability in rapid glucose detection and constant monitoring.

15 Jun 2023

Graphene Sensors May Help to Detect Sepsis Earlier in Critically Ill Patients

A new study from the University of Bath has shown that graphene-based biosensors, designed by Integrated Graphene, have the potential to play a major role in detecting increased levels of lactate, an important biomarker for the treatment of critically ill patients.

7 Jun 2023

Affordable Approach to Design and Develop Sensors for Human Biomarkers

An affordable, RNA-based technology has been developed by scientists at Penn State to detect and quantify biomarkers, which could assist decode the physiology of the body.

2 Jun 2023