The best of 2007
Monthly highlights from the year in physics
New magnetic sensor could probe the brain
Portable device operates at room temperature
Hospital scanners could control cell-sized medical devices
Physicists remotely control metal beads in blood vessels
Bubbles compute in logical devices
Microfluidics merges chemistry and computation
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Magnets take the spin out of blood separation
Red and white blood cells have opposite attractions
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Antiprotons excel at cancer treatment
Exotic particles deliver a bigger bang to cancerous cells
Read article: Antiprotons excel at cancer treatment
Splashing out against tumours
The physics of splashing water could lead to more effective cancer treatments
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NMR goes optical
New nuclear-magnetic resonance technique could produce real-time, high-resolution images of samples
Plasmas move into dentistry
Researchers develop a "plasma needle" that can kill oral bacteria
Read article: Plasmas move into dentistry
LEDs target tumours
Portable scanner could be used for the early detection of breast cancer
Read article: LEDs target tumours
