Researchers Repurpose Failed Cancer Drug Into Printable Semiconductor

Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger shared this news from the University of Illinois at Urbana, where researchers have made a surprising new discovery in a well-studied bioactive molecule: The molecule, which inserts itself into DNA to prevent replication, was once explored as a potential anti-cancer agent… “While examining these pharmaceutical molecules, we noticed that their molecular structures looked much like the organic…