Jellyfish Fight Terrorists

Engineers invented a device to bring air samples into contact with genetically engineered biosensors in the effort to detect dangerous biological agents. The technology uses multiple collections of altered cell antibodies, each collection designed to respond to a specific pathogen by releasing photons of a unique wavelength upon finding it. Detectors measure the photons' wavelengths and interpret the pathogens they represent. Anthrax, plague and small pox are some of the possible pathogens terrorists could use against us. Researchers also said that jellyfish are helping prevent these kinds of attacks.