News tagged with nose
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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Advance toward an 'electronic tongue' with a taste for sweets
In a new approach to an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of a small, inexpensive, lab-on-a-chip sensor that quickly and accurately identifies ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 17, 2009 |
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E-Noses: Testing their mettle against fly noses
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from CSIRO's Food Futures Flagship have made a breakthrough in efforts to extend the sensory range of 'electronic noses' (e-noses) by developing a system for comparing their performance ...
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Electronic nose created to detect skin vapours
A team of researchers from the Yale University (United States) and a Spanish company have developed a system to detect the vapours emitted by human skin in real time. The scientists think that these substances, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Mystery of bat with an extraordinary nose solved
A research paper co-written by a Virginia Tech faculty member explains a 60-year mystery behind a rare bat's nose that is unusually large for its species. The findings soon will be published in the scientific ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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'Chemical Nose' to Sniff Out Cancer Earlier, Improve Treatment Options
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a "chemical nose" array of nanoparticles and polymers, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a fundamentally new, more effective way to differentiate ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Human nose too cold for bird flu, says new study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Avian influenza viruses do not thrive in humans because the temperature inside a person's nose is too low, according to research published today in the journal PLoS Pathogens. The authors of the ...
May 15, 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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More than one nanostring to their bow: Scientists moving closer to 'artificial noses'
These days, chemical analysts are expected to track down even single molecules. To do this highly sensitive detective work, nano researchers have developed minute strings that resonate in characteristic fashion. If a molecule ...
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Specialized polymer used to detect nerve agents, toxic chemicals for air monitoring in emergencies
(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique polymer that allows sensors to detect nerve agents and other toxic industrial chemicals in the air is now available to companies developing chemical detectors for emergency personnel, ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Electronic nose sniffs hazards
(PhysOrg.com) -- An advanced sensor technique and data processing used to monitor air conditioning inside space stations is now being used in an innovative fire protection system for Stockholm’s metro system.
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Chicago Flu Outbreak Proves It's Not Too Late To Get Vaccinated
So far, this has been a mild flu season in the Chicago area, but beware -- we're not completely out of the woods yet.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Hold that tissue: Allergy help may be on the way
It isn’t beach weather in most of the United States right now, but it’s never too early to be thinking about spring and summer. Unfortunately, for people with allergies, today’s daydreams can turn into nightmares ...
Feb 13, 2009 |
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