An “electronic nose” sensor being commercialized by Innovation Economy Crowd (ieCrowd), will be further refined to detect deadly pathogens.
Sensors
Underground engineering for XFEL completed
Underground civil engineering work for the X-ray laser European XFEL is complete for 2016 startup.
Zeiss to aquire X-ray microscopy firm X-radia
Transaction is subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions including a required filing with the U.S. competition authorities.
Better sensor for border control
Sensor aims to detect homemade explosives made with hydrogen peroxide without false positives from substances such as toothpaste.
Optomechanical sensors improve phonon studies
Researchers applying optomechnical systems to help unlock vibrational secrets of chemical and biological samples at the nanoscale.
Nanosystem will improve sensing in the infrared
A team of University of Pennsylvania engineers has used a pattern of nanoantennas to develop a new way of turning infrared light into mechanical action.
Monolayer molybdenum disulfide as a chemical sensor
NRL team develop a vapor sensor based on new monolayer materials that shows great potential for future nanoscale electronic devices.
Quantum vibration sensor from carbon nanotubes
Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and French colleagues from Grenoble and Strasbourg build novel quantum mechanical system.
New thin-film technology could lead to quick diagnostics
A twist on thin-film technology may provide a way to optically detect and analyze multiple substances simultaneously.
Synergistic marriage of fluorescence sensing and molecular self-assembly
Fluorescence sensing along with molecular self-assembly leads to a highly selective sensory system for biologically important molecules.
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