News tagged with gas sensors
Direct observation of carbon monoxide binding to metal-porphyrines
What makes carbon monoxide so toxic is that it blocks the binding site for oxygen in hemoglobin. This very mechanism, if better understood, could be used to implement sensors to warn against carbon monoxide. ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Nanowires for the electronics and optoelectronics of the future
Organic semiconductors are very promising candidates as starting materials for the manufacture of cheap, large area and flexible electronic components such as transistors, diodes and sensors on a scale ranging ...
Jun 23, 2010 |
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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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Plastic laser detects tiny amounts of explosives
(PhysOrg.com) -- Detecting hidden explosives is a difficult task but now researchers in the UK have developed a completely new way of detecting them, with a laser sensor capable of detecting molecules of explosives ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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A blue gem for greener fuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sapphire, a brilliant blue gemstone most familiar in jewelry, may soon play an important part in making coal a cleaner fuel source.
Mar 19, 2010 |
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Saving lives one breath at a time
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has completed a project to help a UK company diagnose medical conditions through monitoring patients' breath.
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Measuring carbon dioxide over the ocean
Reliable measurements of the air-sea flux of carbon dioxide - an important greenhouse gas - are needed for a better understanding of the impact of ocean-atmosphere interactions on climate. A new method developed ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Newly identified enzymes help plants sense elevated CO2 and could lead to water-wise crops
Biologists have identified plant enzymes that may help to engineer plants that take advantage of elevated carbon dioxide to use water more efficiently. The finding could help to engineer crops that take advantage of rising ...
Dec 13, 2009 |
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New laser -- it's a gas, gas, gas... sensor
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of optical sensors is enabling the development of robust, long-lasting, lighting-fast trace gas detectors for use in a wide range of industrial, security and domestic applications.
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Portable and precise gas sensor could monitor pollution and detect disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the air, it is a serious pollutant. In the body, it plays a role in heart rate, blood flow, nerve signals and immune function.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Novel temperature calibration improves NIST microhotplate technology
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new calibration technique that will improve the reliability and stability of one of NIST's most versatile technologies, the ...
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Ripe pineapple and delicious pork
Customers want fresh food, which is neither unripe nor spoiled. A new system based on metal oxide sensors could check the safety and quality of foods reliably, quickly and economically -- such as how ripe ...
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Icy exposure creates armored polymer high tech foams
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists and engineers at the University of Warwick have found that exposing particular mixtures of polymer particles and other materials to sudden freeze-drying can create a high-tech armored foam that could ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 28, 2009 |
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New way to make sensors that detect toxic chemicals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ohio State University researchers have developed a new method for making extremely pure, very small metal-oxide nanoparticles.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Environmental program helps companies save energy
The first time Sarah Shapiro walked into a Cisco Systems lab filled with racks of blinking routers and miles of multicolored electrical wires, she felt like she was on a movie set.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 15, 2009 |
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