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Diana Borca is a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who uses magnetic nanoparticles to treat cancer. Because magnetic nanoparticles are so small, they are able to enter the body and go into cells. Once they are inside cells an alternating magnetic field is applied and they start heating up as they align with the magnetic field. The heating can help by hurting bad cells or making them easier to treat with medicines. In order to get the magnetic nanoparticles into the right places, scientists like Diana have to figure out what kind of coating the nanoparticles need. Coatings help the nanoparticles get to the cells they want to treat without hurting the healthy cells.

In this design challenge, you will create a magnetic nanoparticle that can interact with a lot of different coatings, very similar to how magnetic nanoparticles can interact with different types of cells. Explore these concepts and more by completing the design challenges at http://www.curiositymachine.org.

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