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Killer Plants

The human immune system is a marvelous machine. Bacteria enter the body (perhaps through those nasty, chalky mints at the local diner that you simply could not resist diving in to). Above is a gross image of the mints’ effects as you see salmonella bacteria attacking human tissue. To fight the invasion, our white blood cells immediately get [...]

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3° with Wayne Bequette

Posted by Michael Mullaney.

Wayne Bequette is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. We ask Wayne about his work: Q: Tell me a little bit about your work on creating an artificial pancreas to help people with juvenile diabetes. A: Developing a fully closed-loop artificial pancreas requires a continuous glucose sensor, a continuous insulin infusion [...]

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Monolithic Integration

Posted by Michael Mullaney.

As a loyal reader of The Approach and our steady stream of news stories, you’ve likely heard quite a bit about graphene. The material increasingly is at the forefront of nano and materials research. And for a good reason—this stuff has some seriously cool properties and potential applications. Graphene is a single layer of carbon [...]