Vodka tastes different from brandy, and connoisseurs can distinguish among different brands of whiskeys. The flavors of spirits result from a complex bouquet of volatile compounds. New colorimetric ...

The US Army’s highly accurate chemical and biological testing tech and patents are now available for license and commercialization by qualified companies via license agreement. BOZEMAN, ...

Not all poisonous gases have a smell or a color. But a tiny grid of pastel- and candy-colored squares that effectively “sniffs” out hazardous chemicals in the air such as chlorosarin — a highly toxic ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Chameleon-like adaptive camouflage is based on structural colors that have evolved in Nature to help animals like cephalopods and certain birds and fish to modify their colors to ...

A low-cost, durable sensor made from adhesive paper and dye-coated silica microparticles can identify and quantify a range of toxic gases, including highly dangerous compounds such as chlorosarin.

The research team used the sensor results from 70% of the study participants to develop a predictive model, the accuracy of which was then tested on the remaining 30%. The results showed that the test ...