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Waterproof E-Glove Enables Effective Underwater Communication for Divers

Researchers reporting in ACS Nano have constructed a waterproof "e-glove" that wirelessly transmits hand gestures made underwater to a computer that translates them into messages.

15 Apr 2024

New Nanodialysis Device Tracks Chemical Content of Biological Tissue With Sub-Second Resolution

Longstanding challenges in biomedical research such as monitoring brain chemistry and tracking the spread of drugs through the body require much smaller and more precise sensors.

15 Mar 2024

Cost Effective Method to Improve Diagnostic Procedures

Germany’s Ruhr University Bochum and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (IMS) have created a procedure that permits a novel type of signal amplification for diagnostic testing.

14 Feb 2024

Building Larger Qubit Systems for Enhanced Quantum Sensing

In quantum sensing, atomic-scale quantum systems are used to measure electromagnetic fields, as well as properties like rotation, acceleration, and distance, far more precisely than classical sensors can.

12 Feb 2024

Short-Wave Infrared Imaging Reshapes Nanoparticle Research

A new technique for imaging nanoparticles has been created by a team led by Professors Jinyang Liang and Fiorenzo Vetrone from the Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre at the Institut national de la research scientifique (INRS).

31 Jan 2024

Fingerprinting Biomolecules with the Help of Sound

A team of researchers from the Institute for Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnology at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have designed a biosensor capable of identifying proteins and peptides in quantities as low as a single monolayer.

19 Jan 2024

Researchers Boost SERIA's Ultrasensitive Molecular Sensing

In a recent study published in eLight, scientists from several different universities presented a novel strategy for raising SEIRA’s sensitivity.

10 Jan 2024

Could Inhalable Sensors Offer a New Path to Early Lung Diagnosis?

Lung cancer diagnosis could soon be as simple as breathing nanoparticle sensors and then undergoing a urine test to determine whether a tumor is present, thanks to new technology developed at MIT.

8 Jan 2024

Battery-Independent Fluorescent Nanosensor for Glucose Monitoring

Recently, a group of scientists created a fluorescent nanosensor that requires no batteries using single-wall carbon nanotubes and an inactive version of the enzyme glucose oxidase (GOx).

3 Jan 2024

Innovative Toxic Gas Sensor Raises Nitrogen Dioxide Detection Limit

A team of researchers from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has developed an incredibly sensitive toxic gas sensor that rivals existing devices.

2 Jan 2024