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IIT Madras, Defence Research and Development Organisation develop sensor technology for underwater communications

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IIT Madras, Defence Research and Development Organisation develop sensor technology for underwater communications

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have developed a cutting-edge sensor technology for underwater communications that the Navy can apply. The indigenous technology will enable the fabrication of devices at a relatively lower cost as compared to international foundries, where not only is … Read more

Apple Watch ECG sensor can predict stress level accurately: Study, Health News, ET HealthWorld

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Apple Watch ECG sensor can predict stress level accurately: Study, Health News, ET HealthWorld

San Francisco: While exploring the Apple Watch‘s ECG sensor in some depth, a team of researchers has said that the watch’s ECG sensor data can be used to develop a robust and accurate stress prediction tool. According to MacRumors, the researchers from the Canada-based University of Waterloo discovered a close relationship between ECG data, including … Read more

DNA Sensor Can Spot When COVID Is Contagious

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DNA Sensor Can Spot When COVID Is Contagious

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Sept. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A new DNA sensor can detect viruses and tell if they are infectious or not in minutes, a new study finds. The sensor was developed by using DNA technology, and does not require the need to pretreat test samples. Researchers demonstrated this … Read more

Do I Have Bad Breath? A New Sensor Will Check

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Do I Have Bad Breath? A New Sensor Will Check

July 29, 2021 — Sometimes it’s hard to tell if you have bad breath, and asking someone to check if it’s fresh can be embarrassing. But thanks to science, there may soon be an easier way to find out. Researchers are now working on a sensor to detect hydrogen sulfide, the gas that makes … Read more

Karnataka: Indo-French researchers develop sensor to spot cancer healdrugs – ET HealthWorld

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Karnataka: Indo-French researchers develop sensor to spot cancer healdrugs – ET HealthWorld

BENGALURU: Researchers from the Institute For Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bengaluru, in collaboration with Curie Institute, Orsay, France have developed a molecular sensor, which can identify cancer drugs of therapeutic value by detecting how such chemicals modify microtubules inside living cells. They have published their findings in the Journal of Cell Biology. … Read more

Hyderabad: This sensor & smartphone app detects sleep apnea – ET HealthWorld

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Hyderabad: This sensor & smartphone app detects sleep apnea – ET HealthWorld

Hyderabad: Diagnosis of sleep apnea is set to get easier with researchers at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, innovating a small, light-weight sensor that can accurately analyse breathing patterns and raise an alarm when a person stops breathing for over 15 seconds. Just like a falling heart rate triggers an alarm to alert doctors in the intensive … Read more

AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep, mental health – ET HealthWorld

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AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep, mental health – ET HealthWorld

Washington: In an article in Cell, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new research tool that may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fidelity than current methods. Preclinical experiments, primarily in mice, showed that the sensor could detect subtle, real-time changes … Read more