New sensor could help anesthesiologists place needles for epidurals and other medical procedures More than 13 million pain-blocking epidural procedures are performed every year in the United... Read more
The mining, navigation, minerals exploration and environmental hydrology sectors are set to benefit from new University of Queensland research into quantum technology. UQ School of Mathemati... Read more
Developing and evaluating motion-capture technology to help older adults “age in place” has been the focus of researchers at the University of Missouri for more than a decade. Previous resea... Read more
Made of pure copper, the ultra-thin ‘shell’ conceals sensors from remote inspection while still allowing them to probe the exterior environment A team of researchers from the National Univer... Read more
Paper-Based Sensor for Monitoring Sun Exposure Summer is around the corner — time for cookouts and sunbathing. But too much sun can result in sunburn, which is the main cause of skin cancer.... Read more
Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new method to rapidly detect a single virus in urine, as reported this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academ... Read more
Silicone is so soft and flexible that it is easily deformed by the pressure of a finger. Researchers at Fraunhofer have recently created sensors made from this flexible material, making it e... Read more
Plant, yeast, even mammalian cells could be engineered into living detectors of virtually any molecule of interest to improve environmental monitoring, metabolic production of pharmaceutical... Read more
New sensing technology could improve our ability to detect diseases, fraudulent art, chemical weapons and more From airport security detecting explosives to art historians authenticating pai... Read more
Magnetic-field detector is 1,000 times more efficient than its predecessors MIT researchers have developed a new, ultrasensitive magnetic-field detector that is 1,000 times more energy-effic... Read more
Researchers have shown a way to mass-produce devices that could be useful in drug development and a variety of diagnostic tests Almost every biological process involves sensing the presence... Read more
A small pressure sensor can make the difference between life and death. The first tests on humans will be carried out in April on patients with spinal injuries at Sunnaas Hospital. More than... Read more
The supersensitive device holds promise for medical imaging and quantum networks Physicists have found a way to detect faint radio waves and convert them directly into signals that can be tr... Read more
Engineers at Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain, have designed an optical sensor that detects how much salt is on road surfaces in real time. This avoids the need to spread the substance... Read more
Carbon nanotubes that detect nitric oxide can be implanted under the skin for more than a year. Nitric oxide (NO) is one of the most important signaling molecules in living cells, carrying m... Read more
