KUAR | By Michael Hibblen
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is co-leading a research project to develop inexpensive devices that can detect harmful toxins in water and people. It’s part of a four-year, $6 million project funded by the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Shuk-Mei Ho, vice chancellor for Research and Innovation at UAMS, says the detectors ideally will be made using printers, then naturally decompose in the environment.
“We’re developing the technology into various formats that can be put into an ambient environment like soil, water, and get real-time signals,” she said in an interview with KUAR News.
UAMS
The main campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. It’s one of six universities nationwide taking part in a project to develop devices that will be used to monitor potentially hazardous toxins that can leach into surface and groundwater.