Nano-sensor detects pesticides on fruit in minutes

The new nano-sensors employ a 1970s discovery

08-Jun-2022 - Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a tiny sensor for detecting pesticides on fruit in just a few minutes. The technique, described as a proof-of-concept in a paper in the journal Advanced Science, uses flame-sprayed nanoparticles made from silver to increase the signal ...

From exposomics to phytotoxins: Safe foodstuffs in the focus of analytica 2018

21-Mar-2018 - What substances occurring naturally in foodstuffs jeopardize our health? How do pollutants affect our genetic material? Is baking paper a cause for concern? Such questions from the food sciences will be in the focus of the leading trade fair analytica and the accompanying analytica conference, ...

The latest technologies in food and plastics analysis, bioanalysis and genetic analysis

22-Apr-2016 - It's just around the corner: analytica, the world's largest trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis and biotechnology, opens its gates in just a few weeks. From May 10 to 13, visitors will experience a unique combination of the entire range of technological innovations as well as the ...