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?

Biosensors are devices comprising a biological element and a physiochemical detector that are used to detect analytes. These instruments have a wide range of applications ranging from clinical through ...

Biomedical engineers and nanomedical scientists have devised various ways in which nanoelectronic biosensors can address, diagnose, and monitor the progression of human diseases. Nanoelectronic ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now discovered a way to boost the accuracy of common oxidase biosensors from 50% to 99%, paving the way for new uses. The researchers ...

Fish experience a range of physiological stressors in aquaculture and transport, from temperature fluctuations to handling and water quality changes. Traditional assessments rely on sporadic sampling ...

Biosensors represent a most plausible and exciting application area for nanobiotechnology. Nanosensors based on advanced nanomaterials are expected to emerge in the marketplace in significant volumes ...

Banana-scented lead detectors, glowing bacteria, and student-engineered plasmids took center stage Thursday morning at ...

Scientists are developing a sensor system for biomolecules that could make a significant contribution to a variety of fields such as healthcare, veterinary diagnostics, food safety, environmental ...

Optofluidic biosensors, in which samples are illuminated while inside nanoscale fluidic channels, are a route to compact analysis devices and sensors for multiple types of bioparticles. Achieving a ...

A newly developed biosensor designed to detect harmful bacteria in minutes could streamline food safety testing across the ...

Biosensor technology can detect a biological event by the production of a measurable signal. The process of detection combines a recognition element for a type of biomolecule or chemical reaction with ...