| Tipoffs for Greensboro, North Carolina (State) Newsletter for Wednesday April 06, 2022 ( 2 items ) |
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Indiana University: Public Health Researchers Developing Predictive Tool for Lead Exposure
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, April 6 (TNSRes) -- Indiana University issued the following news release:
Indiana University researchers are working with communities in Indiana and North Carolina to help test for lead in household dust, soil and water. The goal is to develop a tool that can predict which residential households are at risk of lead exposure and provide actionable insights to lower that risk.
Even low levels of lead exposure can cause intellectual disabilities and behavioral disorders in c
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University of N.C.-Greensboro: Good Idea Jeans - Nanotechnology in Textiles
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 6 (TNSRes) -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news:
Self-cleaning gloves. An antibacterial shirt. Jeans that charge your phone, take your temperature, and report your electrolytes. A scarf that detects cancer. Does it sound like we're living in the Jetsons yet? This could be our actual fabric future, according to researchers at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering.
"It is absolutely new," says Dr. Tetyana
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