MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it's developed a nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of biohazards.
... com) -- To detect cancer as early as possible, dozens of research groups are developing methods to detect trace levels of cancer-related proteins and genes in blood or other biological samples. Those ...
... also could be
delivering tiny doses of toxic mercury.For the first time,
researchers say they have detected traces of the silvery metal in
samples of high-fructose corn syrup, a widely used sweetener ...
... In the presence of specific chemicals, these RNA molecules will replicate exponentially, detectably amplifying their concentration. And the more of the target chemical that is present, the faster the ...
... equipment readily available to health officials and businesses, a Purdue University researcher has found a way to detect trace amounts of melamine in infant formula. Using infrared lasers and light ...
Synthetic nanomotors could be used as detectors for trace levels of contaminants as researchers find they accelerate near silver ions
... soil by wind and rain. The prototype method is more sensitive than conventional techniques for detecting traces of these materials, which are polar—like water molecules, having distinct electrically ...
... signals of compounds allowing even the smallest trace to be detected.
Dr Steven Bell from Queen's ... where the ability to use simple field tests to detect traces of important indicator compounds would ...
... studies showing that the kits, called enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), accurately detected trace amounts of sulfonamides, also known as "sulfa drugs," in wastewater samples. When these ...
... – cyclotrimethylenetrinitromine, trinitrotoluene, commonly known as TNT, and pentaerythritol tetranitrate. They were able to detect trace residues with lasers 100 times less powerful than those of ...
... well as an identity, with the use of a new technology developed at Purdue University that detects trace amounts of explosives, drugs or other materials left behind in the prints. The new technology ...
... with new approaches in the medical treatment of drug addiction. Addiction leaves detectable traces in the brain: In particular regions of the central nervous system, which produce the messenger ...
A new bead-based sensor can detect trace levels of a lethal neurotoxin
(AP) --Disclosure that laboratory tests have detected traces of contamination in several major brands of infant formula generated concern and confusion Wednesday, with a national consumer's group and ...
... lived for 20 months since the transplant without any detectable traces of HIV.
To establish similar immunity in HIV patients, the UC Davis team manipulated human skin cells ...
