Smartphone 'microscope' can detect a single virus, nanoparticles
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 11:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Your smartphone now can see what the naked eye cannot: A single virus and bits of material less than one-thousandth of the width of a human hair. An engineer has created a portable smartphone attachment to enable sophisticated field testing of fluid and solid samples for detection of viruses and bacteria without need for bulky and expensive microscopes and lab equipment. The device weighs less than half a pound.