New biosensor could give gout patients real-time blood urate readings

I know a thing or two about gout. It’s horrible. If you’re susceptible to it, eating the wrong food can trigger deposits of uric acid salts to crystallize into spiky pain bombs in your joints. Often, this happens in the big toe, but in my case they see… Continue reading New biosensor could give gout patients real-time blood urate readings

Scrunched up sheets of graphene act as ultra-sensitive cancer sensors

With an excellent ability to conduct heat and electricity, graphene promises to find applications in all kinds of areas. And by crumpling the one-atom-thick sheets of carbon into irregular surfaces, scientists hope to extend its amazing properties even… Continue reading Scrunched up sheets of graphene act as ultra-sensitive cancer sensors