From humble beginnings in his native Sri Lanka, to a more than 40 year academic career at Queen’s University Belfast, Prof.

Sensor tests that respond to taste—such as through chewing gum—could offer an easy way to detect flu before symptoms start and help prevent future outbreaks. This is the concept of scientists from ...

RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NevadaNano, the world’s leading innovator in gas detection sensor technology, announced that PemTech added NevadaNano’s Molecular Property Spectrometer™ (MPS™) technology ...

Flu season is fast approaching in the northern hemisphere. And a taste-based influenza test could someday have you swapping nasal swabs for chewing gum. A new molecular sensor has been designed to ...

What if you could taste an early flu infection? Chemists report a molecular sensor that, when placed on an infected tongue as a thin film or gum, will release thyme’s main flavor compound, thymol (ACS ...

Drawing inspiration from natural cell signaling cascades, chemists at Université de Montréal (UdeM) have developed a DNA-based signaling cascade that allows them to quantify and report via an easily ...

The ability to sense heat protects the body from burns and injury. But how the body actually feels temperature has remained ...

The ability to sense heat protects the body from burns and injury. But how the body actually feels temperature has remained ...