Biosensors have emerged as indispensable tools in environmental monitoring, offering rapid, sensitive and on-site detection of a wide range of contaminants. By integrating biological sensing elements ...

The past few decades have seen a growing interest in the development and deployment of electrochemical (bio)sensors for environmental monitoring. Sensors have increasingly become more reliable, cost ...

Xu Zhang, Ph.D., has joined the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology as an assistant professor and began her new role on Aug. 1. Zhang’s ...

Biodegradable waste from plant and animal sources released into freshwater ecosystems is a significant environmental concern. Nonetheless, current methods for assessing water quality seem more or less ...

Wearable biosensors typically consist of a recognition region that detects the target signal, a transducer that converts that signal into a measurable parameter, and an electronic processor that ...

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 ...

Researchers have developed biosensors that make it possible to monitor sugar levels in real time deep in the plant tissues - something that has previously been impossible. The information from the ...

SensTech, one of Cornell’s newest project teams, received a third-place award at the international biosensor competition, SensUs, for its wearable biosensor designed to manage kidney disease this ...

CRISPR biosensors enable real-time health monitoring with attomolar sensitivity, wearable integration, and multiplex ...

Biosensors are helping people with chronic conditions worldwide live better lives. However, their measurement accuracy has often been relatively low, limiting the range of possible applications.