Naomi Halas and Jennifer West, Rice University (IMAGE)

Rice University

Naomi Halas and Jennifer West, Rice University

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Naomi Halas (left) and Jennifer West at Houston's 2012 Art Car Parade. Rice's parade entry honored the engineering researchers for their invention of AuroLase Therapy, a cancer treatment that uses gold nanoparticles to destroy cancer without damaging health tissue.

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