Here, a portable smart phone platform based on a single-particle dual-emission ratio fluorescent probe the researchers designed realized the visual detection of isopropanol in exhaled breath to ...

Demand for odor detection is growing in diverse fields such as food security, medical diagnostics, and environmental monitoring, but current technologies face limitations. Living cells with olfactory ...

Osaka, Japan – Cells tend to get themselves in and out of “sticky situations” on a regular basis, as they make and break functional connections with each other. Monitoring intercellular interactions ...

Company aims to exploit miniaturized technology for point-of-care testing in multiple fields. Qiagen is buying Germany-based UV and fluorescence sensor technology company ESE for $19 million in cash.

Neurotransmitter levels in the brain can indicate brain health and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. However, the protective blood-brain barrier (BBB) makes delivering fluorescent sensors ...

The high usage and unreasonable methods have caused the excessive residues of glyphosate in agricultural products, so it's necessary to find rapid and highly selective methods for detecting glyphosate ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) In recent years, spread of terrorism has assumed an alarming proportion across the globe, emphasizing the need for sensitive and reliable detection of concealed explosives, ...

Using principles of energy transfer more commonly applied to designing solar cells, scientists have developed a new highly sensitive way to detect specific sequences of DNA, the genetic material ...

The last 10 years or so have produced some colossal and deadly fire events that have destroyed whole towns, burned a record amount of acreage, and polluted skies for weeks. And wildfires are not just ...