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Trapping Toxins Using Gold Nanoparticles

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everything-loves-gold dept.

Billly Gates writes "British scientists have found a way to quickly and accurately find toxins by binding gold nanoparticles with sugar which then could be dissolved in a solution that changes color when any toxin is found. This procedure could be used in the medical field to find poisons and diseases as well as finding substances in bioterrorist attacks."

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  1. maybe it can find heavy metal. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    maybe it can find heavy metal.

    speaking of which, i know most of y'all are closet metal freaks. so...

    what the hell is that little kinda delicate haunting trippy mellow tune played right at the begining of Black Widow, by Children of Bodom? just before the hard shit kicks in?

  2. Re:Why nano? by Jaqui · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    as dense as anonymous coward? ;)

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  3. Important definition by marco.antonio.costa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bear this in mind very carefully and don't forget it:

    Terrorist == Anyone-we-want-you-to-fear-so-we-can-stick-more-th ings-up-your-###

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