MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. This biosensor will be used to help ...

Researchers have developed a strategy that enables biosensors to be easily adapted for a wide range of applications. LMU researchers have developed a strategy that enables biosensors to be easily ...

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have designed a wearable biosensor that offers a new way to measure human muscle activation to potentially prevent injuries and enhance ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmaceutical companies produced unprecedented quantities of vaccines. This helped save millions of lives, but on the other hand, many vaccines remained unused, expired, ...

The biosensor uses "capture probes" called aptamers, which are single strands of DNA that bind to virus proteins, flagging them. The team's big challenge was finding a way to get these aptamers to ...

A breakthrough biosensor detects glucose in human tears at ultra-low concentrations, opening new avenues for wearable health monitoring technologies. (Nanowerk News) In a significant leap toward the ...

A groundbreaking review published in Current Pharmaceutical Analysis explores the latest advancements in nanotechnology-based electrochemical biosensors for detecting insulin and other critical ...

This novel device is known as the ImmunoSEIRA sensor, a biosensing technology that enables the detection and identification of misfolded protein biomarkers associated with NDDs. The research, ...

Drawing inspiration from our gut protection mechanisms, researchers have engineered a new type of sensor to monitor substances over long stretches - measuring reactions for up to a week after being ...

A microscopic sensor that can monitor spaceship water quality and also detect biohazards and even diagnose cancer is part of an extensive portfolio of inventions for which a NASA scientist today will ...

The nanoparticle core consists of a Prussian blue analog (PBA), a redox-active material capable of sending electrochemical signals. The shell is made of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nickel hexa ...

In 2010, Ahmet Ali Yanik published his first paper on the rapid detection of Ebola virus using new biosensor technology he and colleagues at Boston University had invented. But he found there was ...