UCLA Researcher Leads Development of Smartphone Attachment That Can Detect Viruses, Bacteria
Researchers led by Aydogan Ozcan -- a professor of electrical engineering and bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science -- have developed a portable smartphone attachment that can detect viruses and bacteria in the environment. While sophisticated environmental testing often requires bulky and expensive microscopes and laboratory equipment, the attachment weighs less than half of a pound and can detect certain human cytomegalovirus particles and nanoparticles.
- "UCLA Researchers Invent Nanoparticle-Capable Smartphone 'Microscope'" (Goth, Health Data Management, 10/1).