From texting and navigation to banking and video streaming, cell phones and smartphones can do pretty much anything. And now, we can add chemical detection to the list. A team from Texas A&M University has developed a cell phone-based Raman spectrometer system capable of detection and analysis of chemicals, drugs, and other biological molecules and pathogens that are invisible to the naked eye.
Researchers at Bilkent University in Turkey have designed a new way to build nanostructures directly within silicon wafers—known as a key material for modern technologies. They say this represents a significant breakthrough in photonics, photovoltaics, and electronics that could pave the way toward more advanced technologies.
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