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From bike reflector to virus detector

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Caren B. Les, [email protected]

You see them on spokes, sneakers, safety vests and signs, but now retroreflectors are taking on even more protective roles: detecting bioterrorism agents. “In the most likely kind of attack, large numbers of people would start getting sick with symptoms that could be from multiple infectious agents. But which one?” said project leader Dr. Richard Willson of the University of Houston in Texas. “The availability of an instrument capable of detecting several agents simultaneously would greatly enhance our response to a possible bioterror attack or the emergence of a...Read full article

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    Published: June 2013
    Glossary
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    American Chemical SocietyAmericasBiophotonicsbioterrorism detectionCaren B. Lescruise ship virusImagingLighter Sidenanonorovirus detectionOpticsPaul Ruchhoeftretroreflector cubesretroreflectorsRichard WillsonSandia National LaboratoriesTexasUniversity of HoustonUniversity of Texas Medical Branch

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