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Fingerprinting Biomolecules with the Help of Sound

A team of researchers from the Institute for Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnology at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have designed a biosensor capable of identifying proteins and peptides in quantities as low as a single monolayer.

19 Jan 2024

Researchers Boost SERIA's Ultrasensitive Molecular Sensing

In a recent study published in eLight, scientists from several different universities presented a novel strategy for raising SEIRA’s sensitivity.

10 Jan 2024

Could Inhalable Sensors Offer a New Path to Early Lung Diagnosis?

Lung cancer diagnosis could soon be as simple as breathing nanoparticle sensors and then undergoing a urine test to determine whether a tumor is present, thanks to new technology developed at MIT.

8 Jan 2024

Battery-Independent Fluorescent Nanosensor for Glucose Monitoring

Recently, a group of scientists created a fluorescent nanosensor that requires no batteries using single-wall carbon nanotubes and an inactive version of the enzyme glucose oxidase (GOx).

3 Jan 2024

Innovative Toxic Gas Sensor Raises Nitrogen Dioxide Detection Limit

A team of researchers from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has developed an incredibly sensitive toxic gas sensor that rivals existing devices.

2 Jan 2024

Three-Phase Catassembly to Enhance SERS Sensing

A novel method for assembling small nanoparticles in a three-phase catalytic process to enable enhanced surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) sensing was recently proposed by a research team headed by Prof. Yang Liangbao from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

13 Dec 2023

Nanopore Sensing Leads the Way for New Peptide Sequencing

Proteomics and clinical diagnostics will be transformed by new protein sequencing technologies with better sensitivity and throughput.

28 Nov 2023

Ultrasensitive MXene Biosensor for Label-Free miRNA Detection

An extremely sensitive MXene-enhanced plasmonic biosensor for real-time and label-free detection of microRNAs (miRNAs) has been proposed by a research group at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the direction of Prof. Hui Yang.

1 Nov 2023

Water Sensor With Graphene-Based Nanolayer for Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring

There is a global water crisis, and it is not only about the dwindling supply of clean water. Contaminated drinking water exposes hundreds of millions of people worldwide to toxins, such as bacteria, heavy metals, pesticides and coronaviruses.

11 Aug 2023