Fast and affordable field test could help fight against malaria

Folded sheets of waxed paper could help bring fast, affordable, and reliable field tests for diseases such as malaria to remote parts of the developing world.
New platform allows for accurate and affordable field tests (Pic: Glasgow University)In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from universities in Scotland and China, working with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, describe how their folded paper, prepared with a printer and a hot plate, has helped