MIT engineers found a way to dramatically improve the signal emitted by fluorescing nanosenors. The researchers showed they could implant sensors as deep as 5.5…
Posts published in “Sensor”
Auto Added by WPeMatico
MIT researchers have designed a sensor that can distinguish between viral and bacterial pneumonia infections. In the background, depictions of viruses are on the left,…
This self-powering smart pillow can track the position and motion of the head during sleep. Credit: Haiying Kou Sleep is critical for good physical and…
In the ultrahigh vacuum of a scanning tunneling microscope, a hydrogen molecule is held between the silver tip and sample. Femtosecond bursts of a terahertz…
Researchers from Penn Engineering have now demonstrated a method for fabricating large-area “superlattices” — layered structures containing 2D lattices of sulfur and tungsten — that…
Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a University of Washington team has developed a tiny sensor-carrying device that can be…
An MIT team has designed an “acoustic fabric,” woven with a fiber that is designed from a “piezoelectric” material that produces an electrical signal when…
A molecule of the cancer medication doxorubicin (foreground), detected using the van der Waals vertical heterostructure biosensor (background). The background is an actual nanoscale scattering…
A SERS-based breathalyzer can distinguish volatile organic compounds in the breath of COVID-positive people in less than 5 minutes. Credit: Shi Xuan Leong and Yong…
A 2 mm by 2 mm integrated photonic chip developed by Jaime Cardenas, assistant professor of optics, and PhD student Meiting Song (lead author) will…
A new array of brain sensors can record electrical signals directly from the surface of the human brain in record-breaking detail. The new brain sensors…
MantiSpectra. Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology Miniaturized near-infrared sensor that could fit in a smartphone can analyze the chemical content of milk and plastics. A…
This flexible nicotine sensor attaches to skin, continuously measuring the wearer’s exposure. Credit: ACS Sensors 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c01633 Some studies have shown that nicotine, an…
Artist impression of an artificial spider web probed with laser light. Credit: Optics lab TU Delft A team of researchers from TU Delft managed to…
An electrode made with a molded Tootsie Roll® and aluminum tubes can help monitor ovulation status and kidney health. Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials…
A new sensor could allow researchers to detect the rare earth element terbium from complex environmental samples, such as acid mine drainage — pictured here…
Engineers have developed a new way to generate tough, functional materials using a mix of bacteria and yeast similar to the “kombucha mother” used to…
UV-light triggers electron multiplication in nanostructures. Credit: Wisa Förbom The efficiency was so high that at first the researchers had a hard time believing the…
Army-funded research develop a graphene bolometer sensor with 100,000x higher sensitivity than currently available commercial sensors. Detecting microwave radiation is key to thermal imaging, electronic…
“We can have any commercially available electronic parts embedded within the textiles that we wear every day, creating conformable garments,” says Canan Dagdeviren, the LG…