Biosensor

A Biosensing Chip Placed Under The Skin for More Precise Medicine

May 28, 2015

This biosensing chip has been created by researchers in EPFL’s Integrated Systems Laboratory. (Credit: Alain Herzog / EPFL) The future of medicine lies in ever greater precision, not only when [more...]

Describing the Behavior of a Thermal Mass Flow Sensor

May 28, 2015

A schematic of a thermal mass flow meter (Image Credit: Wikiwand) Over the years, the development of sensor technology has enabled more accurate measurements of fluid flow. One such device [more...]

New Chip for Faster, Easier Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Testing

May 27, 2015

Schematic of the antibiotic susceptibility testing device. The bacteria are cultured in miniature chambers, each of which contains a filter for bacterial capture and electrodes for readout of bacterial metabolism. [more...]

Device Can Measure The Distribution of Tiny Particles

May 17, 2015

A suspended microchannel resonator (SMR) measures particles’ masses as they flow through a narrow channel. The original mass sensor consists of a fluid-filled microchannel etched in a tiny silicon cantilever [more...]

UCI Receives Up to $5 Million to Advance Bloodstream Infection Detection Technology

May 17, 2015

“Rapid, precise diagnostics is vitally important to limit the spread of infections in the healthcare environment and to provide patients the prompt and exact treatments they need,” Weian Zhao said. [more...]

Graphene for Nanopore-based DNA Sequencing

May 8, 2015

Fig.1 Optical and schematic images of a GFET device A research team led by Steven Prawer and Jiri Cervenka at the University of Melbourne, Australia fabricated a graphene field-effect transistor [more...]

Silicon Chip Spots Dangerous Pathogens in Human Blood

April 19, 2015

Scientists in China have developed a silicon chip doped with silver nanoparticles that can rapidly detect different pathogens in blood samples. The technique may be a rapid and low-cost alternative [more...]

Sensor Detects Spoiled Meat

April 19, 2015

This MIT device, based on modified carbon nanotubes, can detect amines produced by decaying meat. Image Credit: Sophie Liu MIT chemists have devised an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect [more...]

Seven Low-Cost Devices for Diagnosing Diseases in Poor Countries

April 9, 2015

Every year, 1 million people die from malaria, more than 4 million from respiratory infections, 3 million from intestinal infections and 5 million due to AIDS and tuberculosis. Also, other [more...]

IC 3D: Rapid, Sensitive Culture-Free Detection of Bacteria

April 8, 2015

Figure 1. IC 3D allows rapid and sensitive pathogen detection in unprocessed bodily fluids (blood, urine, sputum, etc.), water, or food in less than an hour Integrated Comprehensive Droplet Digital [more...]

Diagnosing Disease with a Smartphone

April 5, 2015

Thin, lightweight and flexible materials developed by researchers at Florida Atlantic University, Stanford University and Harvard University, integrate cellulose paper and flexible polyester films as new diagnostic tools to detect [more...]

Microfluidics and Nanotechnology: Biosensing to the Single Molecule Limit (Devices, Circuits, and Systems)

March 22, 2015

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link An increasing number of technologies are being used to detect minute quantities of biomolecules and cells. However, it can be difficult to determine which [more...]

One-step Detection of Pathogens and Viruses with High Sensitivity

March 14, 2015

Schematic illustration of the MS-MRS sensor.MB250 andMB30 can selectively capture and enrich the target to form the sandwich ‘MB250-target-MB30‘ conjugate. After the magnetic separation, the T2 signal of water molecules [more...]

4th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology

March 1, 2015

Bio-sensing technologies are of increasing importance in healthcare, agriculture, food, environmental and security sectors, and this is reflected in the continued growth of global markets for such technologies. This two [more...]

Optical Nanoantennas Set the Stage for a NEMS Lab-on-a-chip Revolution

February 25, 2015

This is a schematic representation of unidirectional cubic nanoantennas inducing directionality to omnidirectional nanoemitters (light sources, e.g., spasers, quantum dots), to precisely focus light with adjustable beam width and [more...]

Innovative Photonic Crystal Nanolaser Biosensor Detects Adsorption of Biomolecules

January 20, 2015

This image shows a top view of the group’s nanolaser, in which the center narrow slot (horizontal line) is the main part of the sensor. The periodic holes form a [more...]

Material Incorporates DNA for a New Class of Biosensors

January 9, 2015

A lipid membrane functionalised with DNA-linkers. (Credit: Lorenzo Di Michele) A new responsive material ‘glued’ together with short strands of DNA, and capable of translating thermal and chemical signals into [more...]

Applications of Graphene in Medicine, including Microfluidics

October 9, 2014

With exceptional electrical, optical, mechanical and chemical properties, Graphene was deemed a wonder material upon its fabrication in Manchester, UK in 2004. It is comprised solely of carbon, bonded in [more...]

Wasatch Microfluidics

September 17, 2014

About the company: R&D of high throughput label free analysis platforms for biomolecular interaction analysis. Its main instruments include MX 96 SPRi and CFM Flow printing. Contact Information: 825 N [more...]