News tagged with nose
The 'e-Nose': Scientists try to develop an electronic sniffer
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Sniff, sniff, sniff -- Yum! Sniff, sniff, sniff -- Oh, yuck!!! For almost 25 years, chemists and other scientists have tried to build a machine that can do exactly that.
Electronic nose sniffs out toxins
Sep 13, 2009 |
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Imagine a polka-dotted postage stamp-sized sensor that can sniff out some known poisonous gases and toxins and show the results simply by changing colors.
Electronic Nose to Return from Space Station (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sniffing out any potential contaminants on the International Space Station where it was stationed for the last six months, the JPL-built electronic nose, or ENose, is homeward bound.
Advance toward an 'electronic tongue' with a taste for sweets
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 17, 2009 |
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In a new approach to an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of a small, inexpensive, lab-on-a-chip sensor that quickly and accurately identifies ...
E-Noses: Testing their mettle against fly noses
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from CSIRO's Food Futures Flagship have made a breakthrough in efforts to extend the sensory range of 'electronic noses' (e-noses) by developing a system for comparing their performance ...
Electronic nose created to detect skin vapours
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 22, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the Yale University (United States) and a Spanish company have developed a system to detect the vapours emitted by human skin in real time. The scientists think that these substances, ...
Mystery of bat with an extraordinary nose solved
Jul 07, 2009 |
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A research paper co-written by a Virginia Tech faculty member explains a 60-year mystery behind a rare bat's nose that is unusually large for its species. The findings soon will be published in the scientific ...
'Chemical Nose' to Sniff Out Cancer Earlier, Improve Treatment Options
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a "chemical nose" array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate ...
Human nose too cold for bird flu, says new study
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a person's nose is too low, according to research published today in the journal PLoS Pathogens. The authors of the ...
NASA's ENose can sense brain cancer cells
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An unlikely multidisciplinary scientific collaboration has discovered that an electronic nose developed for air quality monitoring on Space Shuttle Endeavour can also be used to detect odour differences in ...
Nanosensor Arrays 'Smell' Cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2006 researchers established that dogs could detect cancer by sniffing the exhaled breath of cancer patients. Now, using nanoscale arrays of detectors, two groups of investigators have shown that a compact ...
More than one nanostring to their bow: Scientists moving closer to 'artificial noses'
Apr 23, 2009 |
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These days, chemical analysts are expected to track down even single molecules. To do this highly sensitive detective work, nano researchers have developed minute strings that resonate in characteristic fashion. If a molecule ...
Electronic nose sniffs hazards
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An advanced sensor technique and data processing used to monitor air conditioning inside space stations is now being used in an innovative fire protection system for Stockholm’s metro system.
Hold that tissue: Allergy help may be on the way
Feb 13, 2009 |
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It isn’t beach weather in most of the United States right now, but it’s never too early to be thinking about spring and summer. Unfortunately, for people with allergies, today’s daydreams can turn into nightmares ...
Sniffing Out a Better Chemical Sensor
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marrying a sensitive detector technology capable of distinguishing hundreds of different chemical compounds with a pattern-recognition module that mimics the way animals recognize odors, researchers ...
