Bad Breath: Laser 'Breathalyzer' May Detect Potential Diseases in an Exhale
Posted February 29, 2008
Scientists have a developed a way to use laser light to detect faint molecules in breath that may indicate diseases such as asthma. (Jupiter Images Corporation)
CU-Boulder physics doctoral student Michael Thorpe holds a chamber that detects molecules in breath next to a novel laser apparatus he helped develop. (JILA, NIST, University of Colorado-Boulder)
