In a new paper published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers led by Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical engineering, describe a mass-producible wearable sensor that can monitor levels of ...

A wearable sensor developed at UC Berkeley gives athletes real-time analysis of the chemicals in sweat. Researchers hope to build on the device and use it to monitor many health conditions. Wei ...

Blood tests are a tried-and-true way of evaluating what is going on with your body, but the discomfort is unavoidable. Or maybe not, say Caltech scientists. In a new paper, researchers led by Wei Gao, ...

CRP Sensor The CRP sensor, developed by Wei Gao and his team at Caltech, utilizes laser-engraved graphene, a carbon-based material with a large surface area due to its numerous tiny pores.

Researchers have developed a wearable, noninvasive sensor that monitors for a biomarker of inflammation in the wearer’s sweat. They say the device could be used at home by people with chronic ...

A Caltech researcher named Wei Gao, assistant professor of medical engineering, has been developing a range of inexpensive wearable sensors and methods of powering them using the human body ...

A researcher holds one of Caltech's printed, wearable sweat sensors based on the core–shell nanoparticle technology developed in Wei Gao's lab. Credit: Caltech ...

Caltech manufactures wearable sweat sensors equipped with special nanoparticles that inkjet print a biomarker, enabling real-time human body monitoring like never before.

In contrast, Caltech’s new sensor, created by assistant professor of medical engineering Wei Gao, only needs miniscule amounts of sweat collected via extremely small automatic valves within its ...

A new sensor developed by Wei Gao may make it easier for women to monitor their estradiol, which plays a role in health and fertility.

Caltech engineers have developed inkjet-printed core-shell nanoparticles for durable wearable sweat sensors, enabling real-time health monitoring.

Caltech's Wei Gao has developed an easier way to mass-produce highly sensitive sweat sensors that can detect a variety of low-concentration compounds related to health conditions ...