By: Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Emerging tech: Bacteria-based sensors could detect pipeline leaks
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Jun 20, 2018
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Petroleum pipeline leaks are costly – for business and for the environment. Researchers are now developing bacteria-based sensors to detect hydrocarbons released by a leak – and emit a wireless alert signal to technicians.
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Sonia Mendes
Sonia Mendes is the English Writer/Editor for Ingenium. She loves digging behind the scenes to tell the quirky, colourful stories of museum life and all things related to science and innovation.
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