Silicosis is ruining the lungs of construction workers. An AI-powered breath test can detect it in minutes

By William Alexander Donald, UNSW Sydney; Deborah Yates, UNSW Sydney, and Merryn Baker, UNSW Sydney Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable lung disease. It has only one cause: breathing in too much silica dust. This is a risk in several industries, including tunnelling, stone masonry and...