What could be more valuable than a face mask that protects you from the SARS-CoV-2 virus? How about a face mask that offers protection and actually detects whether COVID-19 is present in your breath?

Biomedical engineers and nanomedical scientists have devised various ways in which nanoelectronic biosensors can address, diagnose, and monitor the progression of human diseases. Nanoelectronic ...

Biosensor technology can detect a biological event by the production of a measurable signal. The process of detection combines a recognition element for a type of biomolecule or chemical reaction with ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now discovered a way to boost the accuracy of common oxidase biosensors from 50% to 99%, paving the way for new uses. The researchers ...

Biosensors represent a most plausible and exciting application area for nanobiotechnology. Nanosensors based on advanced nanomaterials are expected to emerge in the marketplace in significant volumes ...

Scientists are developing a sensor system for biomolecules that could make a significant contribution to a variety of fields such as healthcare, veterinary diagnostics, food safety, environmental ...

Optofluidic biosensors, in which samples are illuminated while inside nanoscale fluidic channels, are a route to compact analysis devices and sensors for multiple types of bioparticles. Achieving a ...

A compact biosensor, the GlyphoSense Chip detects glyphosate in under a minute, providing a user-friendly alternative to ...

Researchers have developed a revolutionary biosensor using terahertz (THz) waves that can detect skin cancer with exceptional sensitivity, potentially paving the way for earlier and easier diagnoses.

Biosensors have extensive applications in the food and agriculture industries. The devices contain a transducer and a biological element, which may be an enzyme, antibody, microbe, or organelle. The ...