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Graphene-based sensor can help detect when firefighters’ protective clothing is no longer safe

A University of Alberta researcher is working with Canada-based Davey Textile Solutions and other industry partners to reduce the risk of faulty protective gear used by firefighters, with a graphene-based sensor that can detect the gradual breakdown in garments from...
Graphene-diamond junctions could assist in the realization of neuromorphic optical computers simulating human visual memory systems

Graphene-diamond junctions could assist in the realization of neuromorphic optical computers simulating human visual memory systems

Researchers from Nagoya University in Japan have designed highly efficient computing devices using graphene-diamond junctions that mimic some of the human brain’s functions.A phenomenon crucial for memory and learning is “synaptic plasticity,” the...
Graphene-based plant patches enable continuous monitoring for crop diseases

Graphene-based plant patches enable continuous monitoring for crop diseases

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed graphene-based patches that plants can “wear” to monitor continuously for plant diseases or other stresses, such as crop damage or extreme heat.“We’ve created a wearable sensor that monitors plant stress...
Researchers develop graphene-based sensors that detect COVID-19 quickly and efficiently

Researchers develop graphene-based sensors that detect COVID-19 quickly and efficiently

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) have used sheets of graphene to rapidly detect COVID-19 in laboratory experiments, an advance that could potentially detect variants of the virus.The white rectangle represents the substrate with graphene...
Paragraf introduces graphene Hall sensor optimized for cryogenic applications

Paragraf introduces graphene Hall sensor optimized for cryogenic applications

Paragraf recently introduced the GHS-C Graphene Hall Sensor (GHS), providing a viable approach to measuring magnetic field strengths of 7 Tesla (T) and above, at temperature extremes below 3 Kelvin (K). Graphene Hall sensor enables the accurate measurement of high...
ESA and Poland-based AGP develop a graphene-based bi-functional temperature and magnetism sensor

ESA and Poland-based AGP develop a graphene-based bi-functional temperature and magnetism sensor

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that a project it has backed has yielded a combined temperature and magnetism sensor. “Any time we can do more with less is a good result for the space sector,” notes ESA materials specialist Ugo Lafont. “Thanks to the...