News tagged with electronic noses
Electronic nose prototype may be worn for safety-sniffing
(Phys.org) -- A UK company has developed an electronic nose that the company says can make a real difference, as a fast-acting device for detecting harmful substances in the environment. Peratech claims its electronic nose ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 12, 2012 |
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Electronic nose out in front
Chemical sensors are exceedingly good at detecting a single substance or a class of chemicals, even at highly rarified concentrations. Biological noses, however, are vastly more versatile and capable of discriminating subtle ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 02, 2012 |
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'Magnetic tongue' ready to help produce tastier processed foods
The "electronic nose," which detects odors, has a companion among emerging futuristic "e-sensing" devices intended to replace abilities that once were strictly human-and-animal-only. It is a "magnetic tongue" ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Take a bow-wow: dogs fight bowel cancer
Japanese researchers on Monday reported a "lab" breakthrough: a retriever which can scent bowel cancer in breath and stool samples as accurately as hi-tech diagnostic tools.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Dogs can potentially sniff out prostate cancer, French researchers say
Man's best friend may cement his position if early results from French researchers can be replicated. A team of researchers from Tenon Hospital in Paris reported Tuesday at a San Francisco meeting of the American Urological ...
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Scientists develope electronic 'nose' that can predict pleasantness of novel odors
Weizmann Institute scientists have 'trained' an electronic system to be able to predict the pleasantness of novel odors, just like a human would perceive them - turning the popular notion that smell is completely personal ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Artificial nose can distinguish between coffee brands
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of chemists led by Ken Suslick from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, have developed a coffee analyzer than can distinguish between ten well-known commercial brands of ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 19, 2010 |
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Electronic nose sniffs out toxins
Imagine a polka-dotted postage stamp-sized sensor that can sniff out some known poisonous gases and toxins and show the results simply by changing colors.
Sep 13, 2009 |
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Electronic Nose to Return from Space Station (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sniffing out any potential contaminants on the International Space Station where it was stationed for the last six months, the JPL-built electronic nose, or ENose, is homeward bound.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009 |
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NASA's ENose can sense brain cancer cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- An unlikely multidisciplinary scientific collaboration has discovered that an electronic nose developed for air quality monitoring on Space Shuttle Endeavour can also be used to detect odour differences in ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Nanosensor Arrays 'Smell' Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2006 researchers established that dogs could detect cancer by sniffing the exhaled breath of cancer patients. Now, using nanoscale arrays of detectors, two groups of investigators have shown that a compact ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 27, 2009 |
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New gas sensor chip paves the way to autonomous e-nose
Imec and Holst Centre researchers have developed very sensitive integrated sensing elements for gas detection. The polymer-coated microbridges in high-density arrays can detect ppm-level concentrations of ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Sniffing out terrorists
A new intelligent system has been developed to help identify terrorists carrying explosives. Sensitive electronic noses capture the smell of the explosives; the system processes the acquired data, correlates it with individuals' ...
Jan 13, 2010 |
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The 'Nose' Knows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some might say it's as plain as the nose on your face. But detecting toxic or dangerous chemicals in the microgravity environment of space takes a little extra "sniffing." That’s why ENose, ...
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Researchers develop revolutionary technology for manufacturing micro-scale devices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cranfield University has developed new technology that could significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of complex devices such as electronic noses that sniff out explosives and dangerous chemicals and ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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