Professor develops a new way to sniff out bacteria

04/29/2011, At the moment, hospitals rely on troublesome and inefficient methods to identify bacteria in a patient’s blood sample. First they have to incubate blood samples in vials for 24 to 48 hours just to see whether bacteria is present. After [...]

Artificial nose sniffs out poisonous gases

09/17/2009, There is a new sensor developed which is able to sniff out noxious gases with on-the-nose accuracy, where tasks like identifying chemicals such as ammonia and hydrogen cyanide in under 120 seconds is performed in a snap. Developers have already [...]