Diagnostics with birefringence

Friday, December 11, 2015 - 15:33 in Biology & Nature

A new diagnostic method has been created, based on Birefringence, the ability of substances to change the polarization state of light. With this method, doctors around the world can easily, rapidly and reliably detect malaria, Ebola or HIV to name only a few.

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