Clinicians may soon be able to use the sweat from a fingerprint to determine whether a tuberculosis patient has taken the proper antibiotics. This new method aims to improve the treatment of ...

Researchers from the Belgian Federal Institute Sciensano, as part of the DARWIN project, have developed a proof-of-concept for next generation detection methods of genome-edited organisms. Results ...

A combined team of engineers from Jiangsu University and Harvard University used a non-destructive, light diffraction fingerprint technique to detect viral infections in cells. Their paper is ...

Different types of cancer have unique molecular ‘fingerprints’ which are detectable in early stages of the disease and can be picked up with near-perfect accuracy by small, portable scanners in just a ...

Imaging buried objects Left: artistic impression of metal spheres buried in small glass beads; centre: conventional ultrasound image; right: the new technology can precisely determine the positions of ...

Latent fingerprints, imperceptible to the naked eye, are critical pieces of forensic evidence that require specialised methods for visualisation and analysis. These prints consist of sweat, oils and ...

Beyond individual mobile phones, the technology has substantial implications for enterprise access and shared hardware environments.