Sweat does more than just cool down an overheating body. Measuring the chemical makeup of an individual's sweat—specifically the levels of chloride, a chemical component of salt—can serve as an early ...

Sweat does more than just cool down an overheating body. Measuring the chemical makeup of an individual’s sweat — specifically the levels of chloride, a chemical component of salt — can serve as an ...

A rapid wearable sensor can calculate chloride ion levels in sweat that helps identify a genetic lung and digestive disease called cystic fibrosis, according to research published in the Biosensors ...

We need sweat to help us regulate our body temperature, said Dr. Amy McClung, a dermatologist with U.S. Dermatology Partners in Austin. "It's the way we cool off when our body gets hot and our muscles ...

The team’s sensor is capable of measuring and reporting the chloride ion levels of a subject's sweat in real time with high precision and efficiency. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Sweat does more than just ...