Researchers from Towson University and the University of Maryland recently made an array of some 25,000 "Invisibility Cloaks" that have a combined radius of 15 micrometers. This innovation allows light to be severely slowed down or even stopped and can be used as microscopic bio-sensors that detect how much light a biological substance absorbs and re-emits.
This would allow for much faster DNA processing when testing for genetic conditions because, due to the size of the senosors, many could be lined up and used to run separate tests simultaneously.
Since I don't fully understand the tech, I'm going out on a limb, but something like this could eventually be used to store solar energy indefinitely. No more old batteries!
Science: Paving the way for our future
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