A new type of soft and stretchable sensor could find uses in applications ranging from athletics and health monitoring to prosthetics and virtual reality. A new type of soft and stretchable sensor ...

Stress sensors are important tools when it comes to evaluating the robustness of a material facing strong mechanical forces. Researchers have just published an article reporting a new kind of sensor ...

Tiny sensors — made of a potentially trailblazing material just one atom thick and heralded as the “next best thing” since the invention of silicon — are now being developed to detect trace elements ...

Semiconductor engineers leveraged manufacturing techniques developed for computer chips to create microscopic MEMS devices. Fabrication methods for MEMS sensors, such as layer deposition, ...

NIMS has been developing chemical sensors as a key component of artificial olfaction technology (olfactory sensors), with the ...

Vapachromism is a phenomenon in which substances change color in response to the presence of vapor of a particular organic solvent 1. Vapochromic substances are used in sensors that detect volatile ...

A global team of experts from academia and industry has joined forces in a landmark Consensus Statement on next-generation ...

Sensors that sniff out chemicals in the air to warn us about everything from fires to carbon monoxide to drunk drivers to explosive devices hidden in luggage have improved so much that they can even ...

Whether they're in machines, buildings or aircraft, it's always helpful to know if components are undergoing mechanical stress. A new material could quickly and easily let inspection personnel know, ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...