Superfast, portable COVID-19 testing method detects the virus much faster than currently available methods. The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear technological innovations were urgently needed…
Rutgers innovation may help guide treatment of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s diseases. A Rutgers-led team has created better biosensor technology that may help lead to safe stem…
Some bacteria release a toxin that forms pores on other cells. EPFL scientists have studied the pore-forming toxin aerolysin and genetically engineered it to be…
Scientists have successfully used microneedle biosensors to accurately detect changes in antibiotic levels in the body, for the first time. Small, non-invasive patches worn on…
Stanford engineers have developed experimental stickers that pick up physiological signals emanating from the skin, then wirelessly beam these health readings to a receiver clipped…
Constantly tracking a person’s glucose levels through their tears or sweat could be one step closer to providing people with diabetes an improved monitoring tool….
A team of materials scientists have discovered a way to make organic semiconductors more powerful and more efficient, growing organic semiconductor crystals vertically for first…
New biosensors enable complex genetic reprogramming of common bacteria like E. coli. The process could be leveraged for sustainable biomanufacturing, using the metabolic processes of…
New research from MIT unveils a series of sensors, memory switches, and circuits that can be encoded in the common human gut bacterium. The “friendly”…
Engineers at MIT have developed a new, ultrasensitive magnetic-field detector that is 1,000 times more energy-efficient than its predecessors. The detectors could lead to better…
Chemists at Umass Amherst have developed a multi-channel signature-based approach to screening drugs using a gold nanoparticles with red, green and blue outputs provided by…
A new biotech device from MIT reduces the unpredictability of biological components and could ultimately allow such circuits to behave nearly as predictably as their…
Scientists at MIT have developed new nanoparticles that simultaneously enable both MRI and fluorescent imaging in living animals, helping scientists to track specific molecules produced…
Scientists from the University of Swansea have developed an ultrasensitive graphene biosensor that can detect molecules that indicate an increased risk of developing cancer. The…
Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a biosensor that can detect very small quantities of amyloid-beta clusters, which could open the door to…
A team of researchers from the Berkeley Lab have developed peptoid nanosheets that mimic the way natural antibodies recognize viruses and toxins. Taking inspiration from…
Scientists from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University have developed a nano-enhanced biosensor that can detect a single cancer marker protein. Brooklyn, New York…
In a newly published study, researchers demonstrate flexible sensors based on monolayer-capped nanoparticles that could allow low-voltage operation, and could provide a platform for multifunctional…