News tagged with detection sensitivity

Glove-friendly touchscreen goes on exhibit

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new screen has been designed that can work with gloved hands, and it comes from Japan-based SMK. The target application will be car-navigation systems which drivers can operate while wearing ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

New imaging technology brings trace chemicals into focus (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Arizona State Univeristy scientist N.J. Tao and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute have hit on a new, versatile method to significantly improve the detection of trace chemicals important ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mars Rover device gets new mission on Earth

Developed to sniff out extraterrestrial life on other planets, a portable device known as the Mars Organic Analyzer (MOA) is taking on a new role in detecting air pollutants on Earth. Researchers in California ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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New lab turns SD gold town into scientific hub

(AP) — Nestled nearly 5,000 feet beneath the earth in the gold boom town of Lead, S.D., is a laboratory that could help scientists answer some pretty heavy questions about life, its origins and the universe.

Physics / General Physics

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Wireless 'tooth tattoo' detects harmful bacteria

Using silk strands pulled from cocoons and gold wires thinner than a spider's web, researchers at Princeton University have created a removable tattoo that adheres to dental enamel and could eventually monitor ...

Technology / Engineering

created 14 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Got nectar? To hawkmoths, humidity is a cue

(Phys.org) -- Humidity emanating from a flower's nectar stores tells a moth if the flower is worth a visit, research led by a UA entomologist has discovered.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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New NIST SRM supports the fight against terrorist bombings

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new standard reference material (SRM) to aid in the detection of two explosive compounds that are known to be used by terrorists. Researchers ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

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New type of biosensor is fast, super-sensitive

(Phys.org) -- A whole new class of biosensor that can detect exceptionally small traces of contaminants in liquids in just 40 minutes has been developed by a UNSW-led team of researchers.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A new generation of acoustic measurements

NPL scientists have made the first measurements of airborne acoustic free-field pressures using a laser technique based on photon correlation spectroscopy.

Physics / General Physics

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UK reporter won't be prosecuted for hack leaks

(AP) — British prosecutors said Tuesday they won't press charges against a Guardian journalist and her suspected police source over leaks about the country's high-profile phone hacking investigation.

Technology / Internet

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global wave of Flame cyber attacks called staggering

(Phys.org) -- Kaspersky Lab has discovered complex malware that has been in operation for at least five years, collecting data from countries including both Israel and Iran. Kaspersky experts think the masterminds ...

Technology / Internet

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

Scientists develop ultra-sensitive test that detects diseases in their earliest stages

Scientists have developed an ultra-sensitive test that should enable them to detect signs of a disease in its earliest stages, in research published today in the journal Nature Materials.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sea sponges could act as early warning system

(Phys.org) -- Sea sponges may hold clues to climate change and other impending environmental risks, researchers from Flinders University believe.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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