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Inexpensive Wireless Nanosensors for Civil Structures Monitoring

Could inexpensive wireless sensors based on nanotechnology be used to alert engineers to problematic cracks and damage to buildings, bridges, and other structures before they become critical? A feasibility study publishe...

12 Apr 2010

SensorDynamics Launches Two New MEMS Gyroscopes

SensorDynamics, manufacturer and supplier of micro and wireless semiconductor products, today announced the launch of its new two-axis and three-axis gyroscopes.

12 Apr 2010

YSI Collaboration Team Receives Million-Dollar Grant for Carbon Nanotube-Based Nutrient Sensor Project

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has approved a $1,127,873 award to Yellow Springs-based YSI Inc., Riehl Engineering and the University of Cincinnati for their "Advanced Modified Carbon Nanotube-Based Nutrient Sensor" project.

3 Apr 2010

Acuity Announces 50, 100 mbar Full-Scale MEMS Low-Pressure Sensor Die

Acuity, Incorporated, a fabless designer of stable high-performance MEMS pressure sensors, is adding 50 millibar (mbar) and 100 mbar full-scale ranges to the existing 20 mbar full scale range of its AC3030 series low-pressure sensor die.

1 Apr 2010

Novel Electronic Sensor for Accurate and Cost-Efficient Testing of DNA for Disease Diagnosis

A novel electronic sensor array for the rapid, accurate and cost-efficient testing of DNA for disease diagnosis has been designed by A*STAR researchers. “Our nanogap sensor array can unambiguously detect the con...

31 Mar 2010

New Flexible Sensor Interface IC for Battery Management Applications

austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, today announced the AS8510, a high precision data acquisition front-end IC for automotive battery current, voltage, temp...

30 Mar 2010

New Nanogenerator Helps to Make Small Sensing Devices

By combining a new generation of piezoelectric nanogenerators with two types of nanowire sensors, researchers have created what are believed to be the first self-powered nanometer-scale sensing devices that draw power from the conversion of mechanical energy.

29 Mar 2010

Tiny Chemical Sensors Could Help Diagnose Disease and Track its Progress

Tiny chemical sensors implanted into patients could help diagnose disease and track its progress, following a development by scientists. Researchers have developed tiny probes comprising gold-coated particles. These ...

28 Mar 2010

New Wireless MEMS Sensor to be Developed

STMicroelectronics, the world's leading supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) devices for consumer and portable applications, has announced that it will develop and supply a wireless MEMS sensor that acts as a transducer, antenna and mechanical support for additional read-out electronics in a breakthrough platform developed by Swiss company Sensimed AG.

25 Mar 2010

Nanotechnology and Optical Research Works Earned NSF Awards

Promising research on superconducting materials, near infra-red spectroscopy, and nanotechnology has earned three faculty at Tufts University's School of Engineering early career awards from the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy.

24 Mar 2010