New DNA biosensor could unlock powerful, low-cost clinical diagnostics
DNA can signal the presence of or predisposition to a slew of diseases, including cancer. The ability to flag down ...
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Researchers create a low-cost sensor that detects heavy metals in sweat
Heavy metals such as lead and cadmium are present in batteries, cosmetics, food and other things that are part of ...
Optical “tweezer” enables fast, low-cost screening of bacteria and cancer cells
Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have proposed ...
Scientists develop low-cost system to measure space weather without leaving the ground
A research team from the Institute of Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) at Nagoya University in Japan used a sensor manufactured ...
Low-cost sensor records the level of rivers
Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed a method that allows the water level of rivers to be monitored ...
Researchers eye embroidery as low-cost solution for making wearable electronics
Embroidering power-generating yarns onto fabric allowed researchers to embed a self-powered, numerical touch-pad and movement sensors into clothing. The technique ...
How low-cost earbuds can make newborn hearing screening accessible
Newborns across the United States are screened to check for hearing loss. This test is important because it helps families ...
Intermetallic palladium-zinc alloy: a corrosion-resistant, highly active, low-cost electrocatalyst!
Palladium—a precious metal—is attracting attention as a fuel cell electrocatalyst, which requires metals with high electrocatalytic activity. Because of the ...
Sherlock Biosciences licenses Wyss Institute’s ambient nucleic acid amplification technology from Harvard to develop highly accurate, low-cost diagnostics for point-of-need
Sherlock Biosciences licenses Wyss Institute’s ambient nucleic acid amplification technology from Harvard to develop highly accurate, low-cost diagnostics for point-of-need The method, ...
Sunny future for solar power: Efficiency of low-cost solar cells improved
With global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions reaching an all-time high in 2021, the need for clean energy is more pressing ...
DNA nets capture COVID-19 virus in low-cost rapid-testing platform
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Tiny nets woven from DNA strands can ensnare the spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19, ...
NIST Awards $700,000 to improve small, low-cost, wireless COVID sensor
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, via an application from the RAPID Manufacturing Institute, awarded the University of Arkansas ...
Low-cost disease diagnosis by mapping heart sounds
WASHINGTON, August 30, 2022 – Aortic valve stenosis occurs when the aortic valve narrows, constricting blood flow from the heart ...
A new concept for low-cost batteries
As the world builds out ever larger installations of wind and solar power systems, the need is growing fast for ...
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology scientists realize large-area organic solar cells that are low-cost, flexible, and efficient
Organic solar cells (OSCs), which make use of organic materials to convert sunlight into electricity, are an attractive candidate for ...
Biomicrofluidics announces low-cost, 3D-printed microfluidic bioreactor as 2021 best paper award recipient
MELVILLE, N.Y., July 12, 2022 – Biomicrofluidics, a publication of AIP Publishing, selected Ikram Khan as the winner of its ...
Museums and libraries nationwide leveraging low-cost spectral imaging systems built by RIT
Libraries and museums across the country have begun recapturing lost and obscured text on historically significant documents thanks to low-cost ...
Low-cost gel film can pluck drinking water from desert air
More than a third of the world’s population lives in drylands, areas that experience significant water shortages. Scientists and engineers at ...
Biologists examine low-cost ways to improve urban streams
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati are studying low-cost ways to improve water quality and wildlife habitat in urban creeks. ...
An alternative low-cost technique to produce metal powders for 3D printing
Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as metal 3D printing, creates objects by addition of material, layer by layer. A major ...