Even Street Artists Don’t Like Seeing Their Work Tagged. Now, Chemists Have Developed New Methods to Clean Murals of Graffiti
The chemistry is complicated, but the resulting product is easy to use and could revolutionize the field of street art restoration.
April 21, 2021
A construction wall covered in layers of graffiti. Photo by Joan Slatkin/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
It’s part and parcel of the trade: If you’re a street artist, your work won’t last forever. It will corrode with the elements, it might be knocked down along with the building, and will probably be hit with graffiti tags.
Written by Christopher Curley on February 17, 2021 Fact checked by Maria Gifford
Scientists say the way a COVID-19 vaccine stimulates the body’s immune system could be used in a potential cancer vaccine. Joan Slatkin/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Scientists are exploring ways to use the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology deployed in the COVID-19 vaccines as a way to fight cancer.
Experts say mRNA can stimulate the body’s immune system to recognize cancer cells and attack them.
They note that there are many different types of cancer, so any vaccine would need to be versatile.
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