Their work represents a novel approach to biomonitoring the "toxic exposome." The human exposome encompasses all the environmental factors a person experiences throughout their life – such as ...

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Biological monitoring (BM) is the measurement of the uptake of a chemical substance in a biological matrix in humans and/or other species, and is used as a means of assessing exposure. Biological ...

More information: Junlong Huang et al, Hierarchical Carbon Nanotube-Decorated Polyacrylonitrile Smart Textiles for Wearable Biomonitoring, Wearable Electronics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.wees.

DNA-based biomonitoring relies on species-specific segments of organisms DNA for their taxonomic identification and is rapidly advancing for monitoring invertebrate communities across a variety of ...

Chuanlai Xu's group at Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China. They published their findings in the November 7, 2008 online edition of Nano Letters ("Smart Electronic Yarns and Wearable Fabrics for Human ...

Wild fig trees may provide an inexpensive, effective way to monitor mercury pollution near artisanal and small-scale gold mining sites throughout the Global South, a recent study suggests.

Duracell® batteries will be integrated into KIFFIK Biomonitoring Devices, such as health monitors, that detect various biomarkers in the body. PROVIDENCE, RI / ACCESS Newswire / February 19 ...

Since the biomonitoring system was introduced in 2009, the mussels have never activated an alarm. Moreover, mussels are just one part of Warsaw's broader water monitoring system, which also ...

The Minnesota Department of Health received part of a $5 million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant to expand its biomonitoring program in September. The grant gives Minnesota and ...