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Injectable Nanotube Sensing Technology Could Continuously Analyze Blood Glucose

What if a diabetic never had to prick a finger to monitor his or her blood-glucose levels, and instead could rely on an internal, nanoscale device to analyze blood continuously and transmit readings to a hand-held scanner?

1 Dec 2015

Ultrasensitive Nanotechnology Based Sensor can Detect Early-Stage Cancer

Gold nanoprisms have been used to develop a sensor that can be used to diagnose pancreatic cancer. The gold nanoprisms interact with microRNA in the patients blood to indicate if the disease is present. This novel technology is both cheap and effective.

18 Nov 2015

Boron-Doped Graphene Sensor can Detect Trace Amounts of Toxic Gas

A graphene-based gas sensor has been developed. The sensor uses boron-doped graphene to detect toxic gases such as ammonia and nitrogen oxides with upto 10,000 times more sensitivity than current sensors.

4 Nov 2015

New Highly Sensitive Graphene-Based Hybrid Magnetic Sensor

New type of hybrid sensor technology shown to be more than 200 times more sensitive than commercially available sensors

31 Oct 2015

mCube Introduces 3-Axis Accelerometer Smaller Than a Grain of Sand

mCube, provider of the world’s smallest MEMS motion sensors, today announced the industry’s first 3-axis accelerometer which is less than a cubic millimeter in total size (0.9mm3).

29 Oct 2015

RMIT University Researchers Develop Low-Cost, Reliable Method of Detecting Nitrogen Dioxide

People could soon be using their smartphones to combat a deadly form of air pollution, thanks to a potentially life-saving breakthrough by researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

27 Oct 2015

International Consortium Evaluates Oxford Nanopore’s MinION, a Handheld DNA-Sequencing Device

The MinION, a handheld DNA-sequencing device developed by Oxford Nanopore, has been tested and evaluated by an independent, international consortium coordinated by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). The innovative device opens up new possibilities for using sequencing technology in the field, for example in tracking disease outbreaks, testing packaged food or the trafficking of protected species.

16 Oct 2015

Smartphone and Nanoparticle-Based Paper Sensor Help Detect Pesticides

A smaller system makes on-the-spot detection easier and cheaper
Paper sensors that can be analyzed using an Android program on a smartphone could be used to detect pesticides rapidly and cheaply, according to a new study published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

16 Oct 2015

mCube Announces Sampling of MC3635 3-Axis Accelerometer Built Upon 3D Monolithic Single-Chip MEMS Technology Platform

mCube, provider of the world’s smallest MEMS motion sensors, today announced the sampling of its new MC3635 3-axis accelerometer featuring the industry’s lowest power consumption and a microscopic 1.6x1.6 mm Land Grid Array (LGA) package.

8 Oct 2015

Innovative Graphene Oxide Biosensor Holds Promise for Faster Drug Development

Longing to find a cure for cancer, HIV and other yet incurable diseases, researchers have already tried out hundreds of drugs, each requiring preclinical and clinical testing with live subjects. How many chemical agents more to try? Moving at such rate, will we find the cure during our lifetime?

24 Sep 2015