News tagged with optical biosensor

Ultra-sensitive electrical biosensor unlocks potential for instant diagnostic devices

A new quantum mechanical-based biosensor designed by a team at University of California, Santa Barbara offers tremendous potential for detecting biomolecules at ultra-low concentrations, from instant point-of-care ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoparticles Increase Intensity of Quantum Dots' Glow

(PhysOrg.com) -- Demonstration of precision DNA-based nanoassembly method for making light-emitting particle clusters could lead to advances in solar cells, optoelectronics, and biosensors

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists turn light into electrical current using a golden nanoscale system

Material scientists at the Nano/Bio Interface Center of the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated the transduction of optical radiation to electrical current in a molecular circuit. The system, an array ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Nanoneedle is small in size, but huge in applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a membrane-penetrating nanoneedle for the targeted delivery of one or more molecules into the cytoplasm or the nucleus of living cells. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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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

Graphene and DNA: 'Wonder material' may hold key to fast, inexpensive genetic sequencing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Look at the tip of that old pencil in your desk drawer, and what you'll see are layers of graphite that are thousands of atoms thick. Use the pencil to draw a line on a piece of paper, and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Multimodal bio-image sensor: Fusion of heterogeneous biochemical information

The use of sensors is important for the quantitative analyses of chemical materials and physical phenomena, with research and development of biosensors for observing cell function being actively pursued.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanotube technology leading to fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Oregon State University have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon “nanotubes” to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology that might one day ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Biodegradable transistors -- made from us

Silicon, a semi-conducting element, is the basis of most modern technology, including cellular phones and computers. But according to Tel Aviv University researchers, this material is quickly becoming outdated in an industry ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover new method of making nanoparticles

(PhysOrg.com) -- An engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas and his colleagues at the University of Utah have discovered a new method of making nanoparticles and nanofilms to be used in developing better electronic ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Imec, Genalyte report disposable silicon photonics biosensor chips

Imec and Genalyte announce that they have successfully developed and produced a set of disposable silicon photonics biosensor chips to be used in Genalyte diagnostic and molecular detection equipment. The ...

Technology / Semiconductors

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

New tool offers unprecedented access for root studies

Plant roots are fascinating plant organs – they not only anchor the plant, but are also the world's most efficient mining companies. Roots live in darkness and direct the activities of the other organs, as well as interact ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research could improve laser-manufacturing technique

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have discovered details about the behavior of ultrafast laser pulses that may lead to new applications in manufacturing, diagnostics and other research.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New biosensor is based on a nanowire crystal array

(PhysOrg.com) -- A quick, inexpensive and highly sensitive test that identifies disease markers or other molecules in low-concentration solutions could be the result of a Cornell-developed nanomechanical biosensor, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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