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Novel Nanosensors Pave Way to Test Effectiveness of Chemotherapy Agents

A research team led by Dr. Jennifer Schmidt of the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Modular Solid State Technologies EMFT located in Munich, Germany, has developed novel nanosensors that are capable of decreasing the count of experiments conducted on animals.

From Fraunhofer IWU 4 Jan 2012

Brooks Instrument Unveils New Thermal Mass Flow Controllers

Brooks Instrument has unveiled the GF40/GF80 thermal mass flow controllers (MFC). MFCs have offered flexibility and reliability and exceptional performance in many control applications and measurement of flow of gas.

From Brooks Instrument 27 Dec 2011

General Monitors Introduces Low-Maintenance, IR700 Infrared Gas Point Detecting Sensor

General Monitors provides a strong IR700 infrared CO2 point detector, which ensures less maintenance and high reliability in gas detection without requiring routine calibration.

22 Dec 2011

ANZEx and INMETRO Approvals for Ventis MX4 Multi-Gas Detection Instrument

Industrial Scientific, a provider of gas detection services, declared that the Ventis MX4 multi-gas detector instrument has obtained the INMETRO approval for Brazilian markets and ANZEx approval applicable to Australia and New Zealand markets based on its intrinsic safety.

16 Dec 2011

Caltech, CEA-Leti Launch Analytical Pixels (APIX) to Develop Chromatography Concept-Based Analysis Systems

Analytical Pixels (APIX), the first startup of the Alliance for Nanosystems VLSI established by CEA-Leti and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been established to develop, produce and commercialize miniaturized chromatography concept-based analysis systems.

15 Dec 2011

OxySense Release High and Low Temperature Oxygen Sensors

OxySense, Inc., the leading supplier of optical oxygen monitoring systems announced the release of a high temperature and low temperature version of its state of the art OxySense 5000.

From OxySense, Inc. 12 Dec 2011

Applied Nanotech Holdings’ EZKnowz sensor Receives European Patent EP1976431B1

Applied Nanotech Holdings declares that its EZKnowz multi-gas breath sensor has been awarded with European patent EP1976431B1 and is used in identifying potential disease states in the medical field.

From Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. 12 Dec 2011

Findings on Graphene Surface Defects Pave Way to Develop Better and Low-Cost Gas Sensors

A research study conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has revealed that sensors made of less-perfect graphene deliver enhanced sensitivity.

30 Nov 2011

Researchers Develop High-Sensitivity Gas Sensor Using Graphene Foam

A research team led by Hui-Ming Cheng, a Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, and Nikhil Koratkar, a Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has used graphene foam as a gas sensor to detect harmful explosive chemicals, paving the way to the commercialization of the next-generation of gas sensors based on nanostructures.

30 Nov 2011