Pitt professor among top few in nanotube research
Imagine having a toothbrush that can tell if you’ve brushed enough by measuring the amount of halitosis in your mouth, or a microscopic drug capsule programmed to seek out and kill cancer cells, or a device asthma patients could use to detect an oncoming attack. Alexander Star, a University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor, thinks about these futuristic devices a lot. He’s already proved the basic science behind their possible creation and, to him, that future doesn’t seem so far away. “I’m looking forward to the day when every pharmacy has an asthma detector for sale, so then I can...
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