New handheld spectral analyzer uses power of smartphone to detect disease

Researchers have developed technology that enables a smartphone to perform lab-grade medical diagnostic tests that typically require large, expensive instruments.

New gadget lets your smartphone detect cancer with laboratory precision

Researchers have created a low-cost, portable smartphone-based cancer screening device that can, for the first time, evaluate several samples at once with lab quality results.

World's first material-sensing smartphone reveals what's in your food

A company in China has just unveiled the world’s first material-sensing smartphone. The Changhong H2 is capable of reading the molecular makeup of just about anything.