Soon, we may be able to do more with fallen tree leaves than just rake them and clean them up: a team in Brazil has developed a new approach using a CO2 laser that transforms leaves into electrochemical sensors.
The PASSEPARTOUT project, meant to facilitate the design of photonic-based gas analyzers to monitor air pollution, is taking another step forward with the development of a miniature hyperspectral optical sensor that combines several spectroscopy techniques.
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