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A Three-Inch Bio-Detector Quickly Scans For All the Bacteria and Viruses We Know Of, All at Once

Posted May 07, 2010 11:09 AM

From Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now:

The ability to quickly detect and identify viruses and bacteria is key in fields ranging from antiterrorism to medical diagnosis to pharmaceutical safety. A novel three-inch device created at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory should make doing so a lot easier. The new detector can identify any of 3,000 different viruses or bacteria in just 24 hours.

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Re: A Three-Inch Bio-Detector Quickly Scans For All the Bacteria and Viruses We Know Of, All at Once

05/07/2010 11:56 AM

Just another app accessory for your i-phone

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