Harnessing photonics for at-home disease detection
Date | 2nd, Apr 2019 |
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Source | ScienceDaily - General News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
With nothing more than a photonic chip and an ordinary camera, researchers have managed to count biomolecules one by one in a small sample and determine their position. Their tiny device -- a marriage of optics and smart image analysis -- is even able to detect a graphene sheet only a single atom thick. This type of sensor could one day play a key role in personalized medicine.