The mouse that widdled?
A European research group has discovered that proteins found in mouse urine could help create powerful biosensors for environmental monitoring and security applications, reports The Engineer magazine
According to researchers from Manchester University, the University of Pavia in Italy, and Sweden-based KTH and Linköping University, mouse major urinary proteins (MUPs) coated on a standard piezoelectric crystal enabled a one thousand-fold increase in sensor sensitivity compared with existing electronic sensing methods. The new biosensor could allow in situ monitoring of river water, which is currently tested manually in a laboratory.
