Radioactivity speeds up
Placing a radioactive nucleus in a carbon-60 cage can reduce its half-life
Nanoparticles target tumours
Tiny particles of gold help X-rays to kill cancerous cells
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Spiders get a grip
Microscopy experiments reveal the importance of van der Waals forces for our eight-legged friends
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Ultrasound imaging goes supersonic
Sonic boom could lead to breakthrough in medial imaging
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Spintronics goes organic
Physicists have built the first organic spin valve
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Fuel cells turn to alcohol
Engineers produce hydrogen from ethanol
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Nanowires drop out of fluid research
Researchers make breakthrough discovery in the behaviour of bubbles and droplets
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Cold plasmas destroy bacteria
Plasmas could be used to sterilize medical equipment
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Water powers novel chips
A new kind of integrated circuit runs on water instead of electricity
MEMs see the light
Electrode implants could provide a cure for blindness
