TOKYO, Japan: Super-thin bendable sensors developed by Japanese and US scientists could someday be used in special gloves to detect breast lumps and make a digital record of the exam, the scientists said in a report.
The nanofibre sensors are as thin as 3.4 micrometres – less than half the thickness of kitchen wrap – according to research published in the online version of British science magazine Nature Nanotechnology.
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