Queensland Brain Institute researchers are inspired by shrimp to detect the disease.
Queensland University researchers are exploiting a new discovery that the eyes of mantis shrimp can see polarised light, which can be used to detect cancerous tissue. The technology was developed with the help of researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine, the University of Maryland Baltimore County and Bristol University.
The camera, built at the Queensland Brain Institute, mimics the shrimp’s biological feature and creates a technological solution that could be used by oncologists. Polarised light is reflected differently…
