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Researchers Take Cue from Moth Antennas to Create Microsensors

What is the connection between a moth and high tech? The link is more than just usual, as the moth has two highly sensitive antennas on its head, which form part of a highly sensitive smelling organ.

3 Nov 2020

A Compact, High Resolution Chromatography Flowmeter

A Compact, High-Resolution Chromatography Flowmeter

7 Oct 2020

Single Atom-Thin Platinum Could be Used to Develop a Chemical Sensor

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, together with colleagues from other universities, have discovered the possibility to prepare one-atom thin platinum for use as a chemical sensor.

15 Sep 2020

Portable, Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor Detects Toxic Lead in Water

Researchers from Rutgers University have developed a miniature device that can measure even trace levels of toxic lead included in sediments at the bottom of rivers, harbors, and other waterways within a few minutes.

27 Aug 2020

Bomb-Sniffing Cyborg Locusts Could Soon Become a Reality

If individuals want to leverage locusts to use them as bomb-sniffing bugs, they should solve a few technical challenges before these insects can be sent to the field.

17 Aug 2020

New Lab-on-a-Chip Sensor Enables Continuous pH and Chlorine Monitoring in Pools

According to a new study a novel microchip can deliver accurate and consistent pool chemistry for reliable pool management, thus enabling continuous pH and chlorine level monitoring in swimming pools.

30 Jul 2020

Graphene Electrodes-Printed Sensor can Monitor Food for Freshness, Safety

Researchers dipped their new, printed sensors into tuna broth and watched the readings.

30 Jun 2020

Optical-Chemical Sensor Technology Enables Quantitative Determination of pH Value in Concrete Structures

Whether crumbling tunnel walls, cracks in concrete facades or porous bridge piers, according to statistics from the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), damage to concrete structures caused by various environmental influences accounts for several billion euros worldwide every year.

29 Jun 2020

New Quantum Sensing Technique Allows High-Resolution NMR Spectroscopy

Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is a widely used tool for chemical analysis and molecular structure recognition.

18 Jun 2020

Low-Cost Aerosol-Jet-Printed Sensor to Detect Toxins in Food

Researchers in the USA have developed a graphene-based electrochemical sensor capable of detecting histamines (allergens) and toxins in food much faster than standard laboratory tests.

11 Jun 2020