Monitoring and tracking biological threats or epidemics require the ability to carry out medical and laboratory tests in the field during a disaster or other austere situations. Expensive laboratory ...

Simply putting pen to paper on a sunny day offers a way to make lab devices to help test for disease. Devices for testing water quality and identifying pathogens can now be made using the right paper, ...

Costing just a cent to produce and requiring just a single drop of blood to function, this paper chip, designed by chemist George Whitesides, can diagnose HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and more. What ...