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Nanotechnology Sniffing Out Kidney Diseases in Breath Samples

A carbon nanosensor "electronic nose" - first developed by Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers to detect cancer from breath samples - has been modified to identify chronic renal failure (CRF). T...

3 Aug 2009

Findings Significantly Help Efforts to Build Biologically Based Sensors for Detection of Chemicals

Our cells are controlled by billions of molecular "switches" and chemists at UC Santa Barbara have developed a theory that explains how these molecules work. Their findings may significantly help efforts to build biologically based sensors for the detection of chemicals ranging from drugs to explosives to disease markers.

3 Aug 2009

Tiny Device to 'Sniff Out' Disease, Heart Attacks, Poison And Environmental Pollution

Like the sensitive seismographs that can pick up tremors of impending earthquakes long before they strike, a similar invention from Tel Aviv University researchers may change the face of molecular biology.

3 Aug 2009

Breakthrough in Efforts to Extend Sensory Range of 'Electronic Noses'

Scientists from CSIRO's Food Futures Flagship have made a breakthrough in efforts to extend the sensory range of 'electronic noses' (e-noses) by developing a system for comparing their performance against the...

29 Jul 2009

Detecting Possible Mutations in DNA with Highly Sensitive Nanosensor

Researchers from the Basque technological centre CIDETEC-IK4, the Higher Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC) and the University of Berkeley (U.S.) have developed a highly sensitive electrochemical sensor that can detect possible mutations in DNA more quickly than has been possible in the past.

28 Jul 2009

Nano-Enabled Food And Beverage Packaging Market Expect to Reach $7.30 Billion by 2014

With the increasing global customer base, food retailing is transforming. However, with the move toward globalization, food packaging requires longer shelf life, along with monitoring food safety and quality based upon international standards.

22 Jul 2009

Detecting Vapours Emitted by Human Skin in Real Time

A team of researchers from the Yale University (United States) and a Spanish company have developed a system to detect the vapours emitted by human skin in real time. The scientists think that these substances, essentially made up of fatty acids, are what attract mosquitoes and enable dogs to identify their owners.

21 Jul 2009

Detecting and Differentiating Normal, Cancerous and Metastatic Cells using Nanoparticle-Polymer Sensor Arrays

Using a "chemical nose" array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate not only between healthy and cancerous cells but also between metastatic and nonmetastatic cancer cells.

21 Jul 2009

New Biosensor Detects Extremely Low Bacteria Concentrations Quickly, Easily, and Reliably

As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, their new method is based on electrochemical measurements by means of carbon nanotubes equipped with aptamers as bacteria-specific binding sites. If bacteria bind to the aptamers, the researchers detect a change in electrical voltage.

20 Jul 2009

Inexpensive and Portable Sensors Capable of Detecting Harmful Substances

FUJIFILM Dimatix today announced that a research team at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, working with Canada's SENTINEL Bioactive Paper Network, has used its DMP-2800 Dimatix Materials Printer to develop a ...

15 Jul 2009

Nanosensors News

Nanotechnology Sniffing Out Kidney Diseases in Breath Samples

Findings Significantly Help Efforts to Build Biologically Based Sensors for Detection of Chemicals

Tiny Device to 'Sniff Out' Disease, Heart Attacks, Poison And Environmental Pollution

Breakthrough in Efforts to Extend Sensory Range of 'Electronic Noses'

Detecting Possible Mutations in DNA with Highly Sensitive Nanosensor

Nano-Enabled Food And Beverage Packaging Market Expect to Reach $7.30 Billion by 2014

Detecting Vapours Emitted by Human Skin in Real Time

Detecting and Differentiating Normal, Cancerous and Metastatic Cells using Nanoparticle-Polymer Sensor Arrays

New Biosensor Detects Extremely Low Bacteria Concentrations Quickly, Easily, and Reliably

Inexpensive and Portable Sensors Capable of Detecting Harmful Substances

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

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

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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