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Researchers Develop New Magnetic Field Sensor Based on Magnetoplasmonic Crystal

Magnetic field sensors are largely used in industry, medicine, as well as in applied and fundamental physics.

19 May 2020

New Bioelectronic Ammonia Gas Sensor Uses Protein Nanowires

Writing in NanoResearch, a team at UMass Amherst reports that they have developed bioelectronic ammonia gas sensors that are among the most sensitive ever made. ate with other bacteria.

14 May 2020

Ultra-Precision Nanoscale Bio-Probe Could Detect Iron Disorders

Chronic iron imbalances - having either too little or too much iron in the blood - can result in medical conditions ranging from anemia and hemochromatosis through to more severe diseases, such as cancer, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease.

30 Apr 2020

Nanobiosensor can Help Diagnose Early-Stage Multiple Sclerosis

Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos in Sorocaba have developed a technique to diagnose early-stage multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system, and distinguish it from neuromyelitis optica, a rare yet severe autoimmune inflammatory process also affecting the central nervous system.

24 Apr 2020

Nanosensors can Track How Plants Respond to Stresses

MIT engineers have developed a way to closely track how plants respond to stresses such as injury, infection, and light damage, using sensors made of carbon nanotubes.

16 Apr 2020

Using AI to Turn Brain Activity into Text

Image Credit: Peshkova / Shutterstock.com Scientists have converted brain activity into text with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The team at the University of California, San Francisco, recorded data from...

1 Apr 2020

XY Positioning Stages with Precision Air Bearings from PI (Physik Instrumente)

Worldwide nanopositioning solutions leader PI adds to its compact A-311 line of low-profile planar XY air bearing stages. PI’s US-based air bearing R&D and manufacturing teams have created 2 new versions with travel ranges of 200x200 mm and 300x300 mm. Planar scanning stages are ideal for semiconductor inspection, laser marking, optical metrology, and other precision motion applications.

From Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co KG 12 Mar 2020

Synthetic DNA Nanopore Selectively Translocates Macromolecules Across Lipid Bilayers

Headed by scientists from the iNANO/Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Aarhus University and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, a scientific collaboration has led to the development of a synthetic DNA nanopore that can selectively translocate protein-sized macromolecules across lipid bilayers.

16 Dec 2019

Novel Artificial Olfactory System Based on Self-Powered Nano-Generator

An artificial olfactory system based on self-powered nano-generator has been built by Prof. ZHAN Yang’s team at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with colleagues at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

29 Jul 2019

New Wearable Artificial Throat Transform Throat Movements into Sounds

Majority of the people underestimate the value of speech; however, it is, in fact, an intricate process in which both motions of the mouth and vibrations of folded tissues, known as vocal cords, take place within the throat.

25 Jul 2019