Smart sensor identifies present molecules by remembering the past
Most sensors are designed to do only one thing: detect what passes through them.
Most sensors are designed to do only one thing: detect what passes through them.
The short version
- To create a new generation of technology, researchers have looked to living systems for inspiration.
- If a sensor could detect molecules, could it also remember previous interactions and selectively respond to them?
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What happened
Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Most sensors are designed to do only one thing: detect what passes through them. Researchers have developed a device that does exactly that on a tiny scale, laying the groundwork for a new generation of smart molecular sensors.
Why it matters
Nanopores are tiny holes only a few billionths of a meter wide, used to detect DNA, proteins and other biological molecules.
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