Electronic Sensor for Bacteria Detection
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2016-06-13

A new type of electronic sensor that might be used to quickly detect and classify bacteria for medical diagnostics and food safety has passed a key hurdle by distinguishing between dead and living bacteria cells.

Findings are detailed in a research paper appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences authored by doctoral student Aida Ebrahimi and Muhammad Ashraful Alam, Purdue University’s Jai N. Gupta Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. 

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