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NTU Singapore scientists create ultra high performance flexible ultraviolet sensors for use in wearables

03-Aug-2021 - To enable the development of wearable devices that possess advanced ultraviolet (UV) detection functions, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have created a new type of light sensor that is both flexible and highly sensitive. While invisible to the human ...

cancer sensors skin cancer +1

Quick test to detect inflammation in diabetic patients developed

28-Sep-2016 - Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new kit that will allow doctors to find out within minutes if diabetic patients are suffering from inflammation. Current procedures require patients to wait for several hours for the results obtained from ...

biomarkers diabetes diagnostic chips +8
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Water and light 'flow' inspire ultrasensitive optical microfiber coupler sensor

07-Sep-2016 - When a river narrows or two rivers run into each other and merge, the water flow's speed increases and it becomes much stronger. Water flow and light flow are similar in many ways, and this inspired a group of researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the University of ...

engineering environmental monitoring fiber optic sensors +3
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Prototype lab in a needle could make real-time, mobile laboratory testing a reality

30-Sep-2015 - Researchers at Houston Methodist, along with collaborators at two major Singapore institutions, have developed a lab in a needle device that could provide instant results to routine lab tests, accelerating treatment and diagnosis by days. This single, self-contained medical device will be ...

bioengineering biomedical engineering lab-on-a-chip +2

Photoactivable bioluminescent probe

23-Jun-2009 - A group of scientists led by Bengang Xing, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in collaboration with Zhen Cheng and colleagues at Stanford University Medical Centre, California, have developed a photoactivable bioluminescent probe for imaging luciferase activity in live cells. ...

fluorescence gene therapy luciferase +4