] The discovery was made by chance by two biochemists ] conducting research into drugs for cancer and Alzheimer's ] in a medical laboratory at Vanderbilt University, ] Nashville, Tennessee. Ask for cures for cancer, get blue roses. Interesting. Gotta love the way certain fields of science can be... This feels like a good time to remind everyone that we have asked for killer robots, robot servants, and every other type of robot device imaginable. Telegraph | Scientific breakthrough: the blue rose |