Acetone, a volatile solvent used for everything from removing nail polish and cleaning textiles to manufacturing plastics, could get a sustainability boost from a new strain of bacteria engineered by a research team based ...
Biotechnology
May 12, 2021
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Your breath holds the key to monitoring fat burning, and now a research group from Tohoku University has created a compact and low-cost device that can measure how our body metabolizes fat.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 10, 2021
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VTT has developed a quick, easy-to-use ketosis test for consumers that can detect acetone on exhaled breath. The test will benefit diabetics and dieters in particular, but it can easily be adapted to other uses as well, such ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 23, 2015
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Microwave radiation could provide a faster, greener way to manufacture drugs, according to researchers at the University of Bradford.
Materials Science
May 30, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A range of diseases and conditions, from asthma to liver disease, could be diagnosed and monitored quickly and painlessly just by breathing, using gas sensing technology developed by a Cambridge spin-out.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 25, 2013
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The carbon–oxygen (C=O) double bond is an important chemical motif, particularly in compounds called ketones. Chemists expect that substituting the carbon for a heavier atom would produce 'heavy ketones', which are attractive ...
Materials Science
Aug 27, 2012
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Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a sensor that can instantly tell whether someone has Type I diabetes. It could also be used by emergency room doctors to determine whether a patient has developed ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 20, 2010
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ETH-Zurich researchers have developed a new kind of sensor that can immediately gauge whether a person is suffering from type 1 diabetes upon coming into contact with their breath.
Analytical Chemistry
May 12, 2010
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Have you ever seen a foam cup appear to melt away in acetone? Foam cups, bowls and containers are made of a lightweight but strong material - expanded polystyrene. How then does acetone reduce this substance to a blob of ...
Other
May 24, 2016
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The 'synthetic breath' which helps to thoroughly test each newly developed evidential breath analyser in approval procedures at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany, can now be produced even more precisely. ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 29, 2010
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