This Butterfly Wing Could Upgrade Cancer Detection
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What if I told you that the key to faster cancer detection was hiding in a butterfly wing? Paula Kirya, a mechanical engineering graduate student at UC San Diego, discovered that if a biopsy sample is placed on top of a butterfly wing, the wing’s nanostructure reflects light just right, revealing the density and arrangement of collagen fibers, making the cancer easier to detect. This breakthrough wouldn’t have been possible without federal funding for science research.
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