Bioinspired phototransistor achieves high-sensitivity detection of low-contrast targets

Drawing inspiration from the remarkable adaptability of the human eye, researchers from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) ...
New Atlas

Smartphone-connected device uses light to detect malaria – in 10 seconds

While it's very important to track malaria infections in at-risk populations, drawing and analyzing blood samples can be problematic. A new device is designed to help, as it uses light to detect the ...
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Silicon chip beams light through a liquid-core waveguide to detect one particle at a time

“We’ve laid the groundwork in the past and shown it’s possible to guide light through liquid channels,” said Holger Schmidt, associate professor of electrical engineering at UCSC. “But this is the ...
Nanowerk

Detecting edges at the speed of light

(Nanowerk News) Physicists from the group of Jorik van de Groep at the UvA-Institute of Physics have devised a new method that can be used to detect edges of images in an extremely energy efficient ...
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Researchers unveil device that detects disease from breath

BOULDER, Colo. (KUSA/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A group of physicists said they developed a device that can detect diseases from nothing but a patient's breath. Qizhong Liang, a physicist at the University ...