Detecting Diseases with a Drop of Blood:
A prototype chip able to detect viruses or diseases from a single drop
of blood could soon make easier, and quicker, for doctors to complete
their diagnoses.
In development by a team from the New Jersey Institute of Technology,
the individual devices are spaced six microns apart—the same size as a
single cell. Their structure is based around carbon nano-tubes, which are
crucial in detecting the...
