What could be more valuable than a face mask that protects you from the SARS-CoV-2 virus? How about a face mask that offers protection and actually detects whether COVID-19 is present in your breath?

Iron is an essential trace element in biological cells. The concentration of the element and its so-called redox state—it can ...

How researchers are making use of new materials such as graphene for skin-mounted or implanted medical sensors. How self- or harvesting-powered devices are eliminating the need for implanted or ...

In order to understand metabolic processes, it is important to be able to detect critical individual elements and metabolites in living organisms. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ...

Researchers have developed a strategy that enables biosensors to be easily adapted for a wide range of applications. LMU researchers have developed a strategy that enables biosensors to be easily ...

Before a malignant tumor is developed, the immune system tries to fight against proteins that are altered during their formation, producing certain cancer antibodies. A biosensor developed by ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Surgeons may soon be able to localize critical regions in tissues and organs during a surgical operation thanks to a new, patent-pending Purdue University biosensor that can be ...

In an effort to improve food safety and reduce the risk of eating spoiled meat, Concordia researchers have designed a new technology that identifies the presence of the toxin putrescine in beef.

Gut microbes engineered to dim their fluorescence under stress offered a real-time, noninvasive biosensor to track gut health ...

Breast cancer is on the rise, but new tools for early detection could save lives. In Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, by AIP Publishing, researchers from the University of Florida and ...