Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 29 – COMP ASM Program/Message from the COMP President/NIST Researchers Develop Magnetics-Based Analyte Sensor

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Pieces of Interest from COMP for the week of April 29 – COMP ASM Program/Message from the COMP President/NIST Researchers Develop Magnetics-Based Analyte Sensor

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  • Thinking about registering or getting excited for the COMP ASM? Check out the latest program here!
  • Read the latest Message from the COMP President in the April Issue of InterACTIONS.
  • In a proof-of-concept study, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) used a smartphone’s built-in magnetometer, combined with hydrogels that change their shape in response to specific cues, to measure sugar concentrations in beverages. This platform could potentially be used to measure glucose in biological samples, read more here.

Published on April 29, 2024

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