A team of researchers from Russia have developed a new nanophotonic-microfluidic sensor whose potential applications include cancer detection, monitoring, and treatment response assessment. According to a study published in the journal Optics Letters, indicates that the device can identify gases and liquids dissolved at low concentrations with a high degree of accuracy.

The nanophotonic-microfluidic sensor has been developed for highly sensitive analysis of liquids and gases at very low concentrations in solutions. A 'lab-on-a-chip' is a miniature sensor device capable of performing complex biochemical analysis which is considered one of the most promising approaches to early cancer detection.