April 26, 2020 will mark the 66th anniversary of the massive polio vaccine trial on thousands of schoolchildren. Considering what is happening in the world right now, it is a good time to reflect on the challenges our predecessors faced not that long ago. We are lucky enough to not give polio a second thought […]
The wonder material that is graphene may have another feather in its cap in the form of cancer detection. Researchers at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found that by scrunching up graphene an electrical hotspot was created that trapped and retained RNA and DNA molecules. The crumpled graphene out-performed flat graphene by tens […]
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