Purdue University researchers have developed a device for more conveniently detecting pathogens in health care settings, on ...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. This biosensor will be used to help ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers are introducing a new biosensor technology to the agricultural industry inspired by advancements achieved during the COVID-19 pandemic. The system ...

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 ...

As the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread across the US, posing significant risks to dairy and poultry farms, farmers and public health experts urgently need better real-time ...

Containing millions of carbon nanotubes, the NASA biosensor can alert inspectors to minute amounts of potentially dangerous organic contaminants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...

Most synthetic biology projects involve genetically manipulating living cells, but this traditional approach has a lot of drawbacks. Researchers need to edit and handle living cells, which result in ...

On immune cells, Toll-like receptors are capable of detecting infections just like a sniffer dog, using special sensors known as Toll-like receptors, or TLRs for short. But what signals activate TLRs, ...

Foodborne pathogens pose serious public health risks. Rapid, accurate technologies to detect a low number of target cells (1 cell/25–325 g sample) and microbial toxins are in demand in order to assess ...

From willow bark remedies to aspirin tablets, salicylic acid has long been part of human health. It also lies at the heart of how plants fight disease. Now, researchers at the University of Cambridge ...