Rice-led simulations show unique ceramic could act as a sensor for structures A ceramic that becomes more electrically conductive under elastic strain and less conductive under plastic strai... Read more
Inkjet-printed device helps monitor a patient’s blood sugar levels without painful needles. A technique that enables biologically active enzymes to survive the rigors of inkjet printing pres... Read more
Farmers can already use drones to soar over huge fields and monitor temperature, humidity or crop health. But these machines need so much power to fly that they can’t get very far without ne... Read more
Rice University researchers develop method to transfer entire 2D circuits to any smooth surface What if a sensor sensing a thing could be part of the thing itself? Rice University engineers... Read more
Researchers at Washington State University have developed an implantable, biofuel-powered sensor that runs on sugar and can monitor a body’s biological signals to detect, prevent and diagnos... Read more
Gas-sensing drones draw NSF backing Rice University researchers, in a collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and Houston nonprofit Technology For All (TFA), are developing a fleet of... Read more
CSAIL wireless system suggests future where doctors could implant sensors to track tumors or even dispense drugs. Investigating inside the human body often requires cutting open a patient or... Read more
Berkeley Lab researchers devise system to monitor contaminant plumes Groundwater contamination is increasingly recognized as a widespread environmental problem. The most important course of... Read more
Hydrogen peroxide-sensing molecule reveals whether chemotherapy drugs are having their intended effects. MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer c... Read more
Different from the inorganic counterparts like silicon, organic semiconductors can operate under bending or stretching. Usually a thinner film can have stronger capability to bend. Other tha... Read more
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding. MIT researchers have built an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria th... Read more
Simple-to-use, low-cost respiratory sensor enables measurement and tracking of personal metabolism. The military has great interest in more comprehensive measurement and tracking of metaboli... Read more
ETH Zurich scientists have developed the smallest and cheapest ever equipment for detecting people by smell. It could be used in the search for people buried by an earthquake or avalanche. T... Read more
The sensor is light, flexible and inexpensive, with potential applications in health care, entertainment and robotics. The technology, described in a paper published in January in the journa... Read more
UConn engineers have created a biodegradable pressure sensor that could help doctors monitor chronic lung disease, swelling of the brain, and other medical conditions before dissolving harml... Read more
