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Flexible Silicon Nano Force Probe Helps Study Sensory Cells in the Ear

Much of what is known about sensory touch and hearing cells is based on indirect observation. Scientists know that these exceptionally tiny cells are sensitive to changes in force and pressure. But to truly understand how they function, scientists must be able to manipulate them directly. Now, Stanford scientists are developing a set of tools that are small enough to stimulate an individual nerve or group of nerves, but also fast and flexible enough to mimic a realistic range of forces.

4 Dec 2013

Imec to Showcase High-Performance, Time-Delay-Integration (TDI) Image Sensor at CMOS Image Sensors Workshop

Imec, the Belgian nanoelectronics research center, will present at this week’s ‘CMOS Image Sensors for High Performance Applications’ workshop in Toulouse (France) a prototype of a high-performance, time-delay-integration (TDI) image sensor. The image sensor is based on imec’s proprietary embedded charge-coupled device (CCD) in CMOS technology. Imec developed and fabricated the sensor for the French Space Agency, CNES, which plans to utilize the technology for space-based earth observation.

From IMEC 26 Nov 2013

MIT Chemical Engineers Create Synthetic Antibodies Using Carbon Nanotubes

MIT chemical engineers have developed a novel way to generate nanoparticles that can recognize specific molecules, opening up a new approach to building durable sensors for many different compounds, among other applications.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 25 Nov 2013

Highly Sensitive Nanosensor Detects Radioactive Materials in Waste Water

As the Fukushima crisis continues to remind the world of the potential dangers of nuclear disposal and unforeseen accidents, scientists are reporting progress toward a new way to detect the radioactive materials uranium and plutonium in waste water. Their report on the design of a highly sensitive nanosensor appears in ACS’ The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

From American Chemical Society 15 Nov 2013

Noninvasive Device with Multilayer Nanotechnology Helps Monitor Blood Glucose in Diabetics

A novel hand-held, noninvasive monitoring device that uses multilayer nanotechnology to detect acetone has been shown to correlate with blood-glucose levels in the breath of diabetics. This research is being presented at the 2013 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition, the world’s largest pharmaceutical sciences meeting, in San Antonio, Nov. 10–14.

14 Nov 2013

Implantable Carbon Nanotube Sensors Detect Nitric Oxide

Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most important signaling molecules in living cells, carrying messages within the brain and coordinating immune system functions. In many cancerous cells, levels are perturbed, but very little is known about how NO behaves in both healthy and cancerous cells.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 Nov 2013

Berkeley Lab Researchers Create New Material Resembling Molecular Velcro for Biosensing Applications

Taking inspiration from the human immune system, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a new material that can be programmed to identify an endless variety of molecules.

From Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 31 Oct 2013

NevadaNano’s Molecular Property Spectrometer Wins 2013 R&D 100 Award

NevadaNano announced today that it received one of the 2013 R&D 100 Awards (http://www.rdmag.com/award-winners/2013/07/2013-r-d-100-award-winners), to be presented in Orlando, Florida on November 7th, for the development of its Molecular Property Spectrometer (MPS™) – a silicon-chip based sensor small enough to sit on the back of an ant and capable of detecting explosives, nerve agent, and industrial chemicals. The chip can also be configured for personal health monitoring and pharmaceutical industry drug discovery.

29 Oct 2013

Canatu to Launch New Carbon NanoBud Material-Based Transparent Conductive Films

Canatu will be launching its new Generation 5 product family of CNB™ transparent conductive films for touch sensors, paving the way for high-contrast touch displays and revolutionary printed, flexible, foldable and 3D-shaped touch-enabled electronics products.

From Canatu 24 Oct 2013

Forecast Report on Printed and Flexible Sensors

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Printed and Flexible Sensors 2014-2024: Technologies, Players, Forecasts

15 Oct 2013