News tagged with sensor array

A better test to detect DNA for diagnosing diease, investigating crimes

Aug 26, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

Researchers in Singapore are reporting development of a new electronic sensor that shows promise as a faster, less expensive, and more practical alternative than tests now used to detect DNA. Such tests are ...

Specialized polymer used to detect nerve agents, toxic chemicals for air monitoring in emergencies

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Apr 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique polymer that allows sensors to detect nerve agents and other toxic industrial chemicals in the air is now available to companies developing chemical detectors for emergency personnel, ...

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A nano-sensor for better detection of Mad Cow Disease agent

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Mar 03, 2008 | 3.3 / 5 (6) | 0

In an advance in food safety, researchers in New York are reporting development of a nano-sized sensor that detects record low levels of the deadly prion proteins that cause Mad Cow Disease and other so-called prion diseases. ...

Electronic nose sniffs out toxins

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Sep 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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.

Tiny solar cells built to power microscopic machines

Physics / Condensed Matter

Nov 06, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (9) | 1

Some of the tiniest solar cells ever built have been successfully tested as a power source for even tinier microscopic machines. An article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (JRSE) ...

New Sensor Detects Direction of Sound Under Water

Technology / Engineering

Jan 29, 2007 | 4.2 / 5 (18) | 0

A new sensor that measures the motion created by sound waves under water could allow the U.S. Navy to develop compact arrays to detect the presence of enemy submarines. These new arrays would detect quiet underwater ...

PANTHER sensor quickly detects pathogens

Technology / Engineering

Mar 04, 2008 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes.

Scientists Pierce Veil of Clouds to 'See' Lightning Inside a Volcanic Plume

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Apr 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers hit the jackpot in late March, when, for the first time, they began recording data on lightning in a volcanic eruption--right from the start of the eruption.

New sensor to have applications in homeland defense, safeguarding warfighters, clinical diagnostics

Technology / Engineering

May 01, 2007 | 3.8 / 5 (9) | 0

A Sandia National Laboratories research team is developing a new type of electrochemical sensor that uses a unique surface chemistry to reliably and accurately detects thousands of differing biomolecules on a single platform.

Surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles in array can have narrower spectral widths

Physics / General Physics

Nov 14, 2008 | 4.2 / 5 (9) | 0

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated experimentally and theoretically that the surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles in a periodic array can have considerably ...

Counterfeit euros are detected with an optical mouse

Technology / Engineering

Nov 17, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

The sensor of some optical mice can be used to easily and cheaply detect counterfeit euros, according to a study published by Spanish researchers of the University of Lleida (UdL) in the scientific journal ...