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Novel Sensor to Detect Dangerous Airborne Chemicals

A tiny silicon chip that works a bit like a nose may one day detect dangerous airborne chemicals and alert emergency responders through the cell phone network.

14 May 2010

Mixing of Customized DNA Snippets Can Create Tiny, Waffle-Looking Nanostructures

In a single day, a solitary grad student at a lab bench can produce more simple logic circuits than the world's entire output of silicon chips in a month.

12 May 2010

Acuity Ships 10 mbar Full-Scale MEMS Pressure Sensor Die

Acuity, Incorporated, a fabless provider of stable high-performance MEMS pressure sensors, is now shipping the AC3050-010 very stable low pressure sensor die with a 10mbar full-scale rating.

12 May 2010

Applied Nanotech to Conitnue to Develop Mercaptan Sensor for Northeast Gas Association

Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: APNT) announced that it has been awarded an extension of its contract to develop a mercaptan sensor by the Northeast Gas Association (NGA). Mercaptans, also known as...

From Nano Magic, LLC. 11 May 2010

EMC Announces Sale of Electro-Chemical Residue Sensor for Semiconductor Manufacturing

After more than seven years of commercial development and testing, Tucson-based Environmental Metrology Corporation (EMC) is putting up for sale its breakthrough electro-chemical residue sensor (ECRS) for semiconductor manufacturing, along with associated intellectual property that includes three issued patents and another that is pending.

11 May 2010

Flame-Made Nanosensors Detecting Type 1 Diabetes

ETH-Zurich researchers have developed a new kind of sensor that can immediately gauge whether a person is suffering from type 1 diabetes upon coming into contact with their breath.

11 May 2010

NCKU Team Honored for Semiconductor Transistor-Type Hydrogen Sensor

NCKU Microelectronics and Chemical Engineering students, led by Department of Electrical Engineering and Institute of Microelectronics Prof. Wen-Chau Liu and Department of Chemical Engineering Prof. Huey-Ing Chen, have w...

6 May 2010

Micro- and Nano-Scale Research on Coffee Ring Leads Way to More Biosensor Applications

The next time you spill your coffee on a table, look at the spot left after the liquid has evaporated, and you'll notice it has a darker ring around its perimeter that contains a much higher concentration of particles than the center.

6 May 2010

Special Sensor Detecting Micro-Fissures and Warn of Impending Breakage of Glass

Modern glass facades inform the architecture of major cities throughout the world. In recent years, however, there have been cases of broken glass, with collapsing facades endangering passers-by. Now, a special sensor can detect micro-fissures and warn of impending breakage beforehand.

1 May 2010

eNose Capable of Predicting Pleasantness of New Odours

Is smell a personal sense, one that is specific to culture? No, says an Israeli team of scientists who have successfully 'trained' an electronic system capable of predicting the pleasantness of new odours. Their ...

30 Apr 2010

Nanosensors News

Novel Sensor to Detect Dangerous Airborne Chemicals

Mixing of Customized DNA Snippets Can Create Tiny, Waffle-Looking Nanostructures

Acuity Ships 10 mbar Full-Scale MEMS Pressure Sensor Die

Applied Nanotech to Conitnue to Develop Mercaptan Sensor for Northeast Gas Association

EMC Announces Sale of Electro-Chemical Residue Sensor for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Flame-Made Nanosensors Detecting Type 1 Diabetes

NCKU Team Honored for Semiconductor Transistor-Type Hydrogen Sensor

Micro- and Nano-Scale Research on Coffee Ring Leads Way to More Biosensor Applications

Special Sensor Detecting Micro-Fissures and Warn of Impending Breakage of Glass

eNose Capable of Predicting Pleasantness of New Odours

Carbon Dioxide to 3D Printed Carbon Nanocomposites: A Sustainable Innovation

Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles: Boosting T Cell Activation in Cancer Therapy

Emergent Quantum Phenomena in Self-Organized Graphene Systems

Harnessing Biology for Sustainable Energy Production

Feasibility Study with Evonik Confirms LEON’s FR-JET Technology’s Performance in Advanced Nanoparticle Manufacturing for Drug Delivery

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Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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