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Graphene-Based Biosensors Sense DNA Cancer Markers

News - 25 Mar 2020

DNA cancer markers passing through the blood or serum of a patient can potentially be detected through graphene-based biosensors, which could usher in a period of liquid biopsy. Conversely, plenty of...

Nanoscience Research Projects Could Resolve Big Challenges

News - 5 Aug 2016

The science of the extremely small is being used by researchers from the Berkeley Lab to resolve big challenges. Given below are five ongoing projects that have recently gained spotlight in the...

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

News - 27 Oct 2015

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,...

Breakout Labs Selects Four New Companies for Funding

News - 7 Oct 2015

Breakout Labs, a program of Peter Thiel’s philanthropic organization, the Thiel Foundation, announced today that four new companies advancing scientific discoveries in biomedical, chemical...

Obama Administration Chooses AIM Photonics to Lead Research and Manufacturing of Integrated Photonic Technology

News - 28 Jul 2015

In a bid to boost photonics manufacturing and bring more skilled, high-tech jobs to the country, as well as push the boundaries of energy efficiency and performance in computing and...

Polymer Nanobrushes Grab Selected Bacteria for Pathogen Detection

News - 22 Jun 2015

A Texas A&M AgriLife Research engineer and a Florida colleague have developed a biosensor that can detect listeria bacterial contamination within two or three minutes. "We hope to soon...

Pittcon 2015: TI Debuts Fully Programmable MEMS Chipset for Embedded Ultramobile Near-Infrared Analysis

News - 10 Mar 2015

Today at Pittcon 2015, Texas Instruments (TI) announced the expansion of its near-infrared (NIR) chipset portfolio with the industry’s first fully programmable micro-electro mechanical systems...

Researchers Come Up with New Approach to Atomic Timekeeping

News - 12 Nov 2014

What time is it? The answer, no matter what your initial reference may be — a wristwatch, a smartphone, or an alarm clock — will always trace back to the atomic clock. The...

Teenage Girls Get Introduced to Nanotechnology and Carbon Nanotubes at UT Dallas

News - 1 Aug 2014

Twenty Dallas-area teenage girls recently got hands-on experience with nanotechnology, robots, virtual reality, forensics and space science when they visited UT Dallas for a weeklong summer...

Researchers Aim to Build Nano-Scale Memristors That Work like the Human Brain

News - 17 Aug 2013

Today’s computing chips are incredibly complex and contain billions of nano-scale transistors, allowing for fast, high-performance computers, pocket-sized smartphones that far outpace early...