Biosensors combine a biological recognition element with a transducer to produce quantifiable signals, offering rapid and precise detection in diverse fields ranging from clinical diagnostics and ...

Waiting is the hardest part. Especially in the case of testing for water or food contamination, which can take days or even a week in some cases for the results, leaving the possibility that people ...

(Nanowerk News) The future of medicine may very well lie in the personalization of health care—knowing exactly what an individual needs and then delivering just the right mix of nutrients, metabolites ...

In the wake of recent global health crises, environmental surveillance has become a vital “early warning system.”By testing ...

A transmission electron microscopy image of a core–shell cubic nanoparticle. The new core-shell nanoparticles are highly versatile and are used in printing sensor arrays that measure levels of ...

The ability to detect diseases at an early stage or even predict their onset would be of tremendous benefit to doctors and patients alike. A research team now develops intelligent, miniaturized ...

Rapid and reliable virus detection is one of the most critical tools for controlling outbreaks, from seasonal influenza to global pandemics like COVID-19. A new review published in Biocontaminant ...

The nanoparticle core consists of a Prussian blue analog (PBA), a redox-active material capable of sending electrochemical signals. The shell is made of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nickel hexa ...

Researchers developed tunable photonic crystal biosensors using magneto-plasmonic nanoassemblies to enhance fluorescence for ultrasensitive disease biomarker detection. (Nanowerk News) Traditional ...

Lipid nanoparticle formulation has increased over the past two decades. LNPs have proven to be effective nano-based delivery vehicles for cytotoxic chemotherapeutic drugs, nucleic acid therapies and ...

A team of Caltech engineers has developed a technique for inkjet printing arrays of special nanoparticles that enables the mass production of long-lasting wearable sweat sensors. These sensors could ...