Electronic nose sensor chips under a microscope with a penny included for scale. UC Irvine
Scientists at the University of California, Irvine, are working on a portable device to “smell the world” and sniff out explosives, narcotics, and dangerous chemicals, the institution reported Sept. 19.
A team from the university’s engineering complex is trying to fuse nature’s olfactory precision with tiny electronics, according to electrical engineering and computer science professor Peter Burke.
