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A nanoengineer teamed up with Rihanna’s tattoo artist to make smarter ink

by Rae Ellen Bichell
Aug 21, 2023
Tattoos are more popular than ever. About a third of Americans have at least one. The creators of this new vanishing ink hope it's a first step toward smart tattoos that provide intel about our bodies.
Scientist Carson Bruns’ laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder makes tattoo inks by mixing, stirring, evaporating and spinning a series of liquids until they end up with particles of dye encased in beads of plexiglass.
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Inducing hypothermia to save lives

by Molly Wood
Jun 2, 2014
The benefits of cooling the body to 50 degrees below normal body temperature
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MIDDAY UPDATE: Sustainable jobs and cell phones

by Katharine Crnko
Oct 27, 2010
This week on Marketplace we'll be following sustainable jobs. Today, we learned about the fastest growing industry in the job field: biomedical...
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