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Read article: NIST researchers develop magnetics-based analyte sensor Biomedical devices Research update NIST researchers develop magnetics-based analyte sensor Sensing platform uses magnetized hydrogels and a smartphone’s magnetometer to measure glucose concentration in test samples
Read article: Quantum mechanical wormholes fill gaps in black hole entropy Gravity Research update Quantum mechanical wormholes fill gaps in black hole entropy New model could explain a 50-year-old conundrum involving the Bekenstein-Hawking formula
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Read article: Single-cell nanobiopsy explores how brain cancer cells adapt to resist treatment Biophysics Research update Single-cell nanobiopsy explores how brain cancer cells adapt to resist treatment Understanding how glioblastoma cells transform in response to treatment, and how to stop this, could prevent recurrence of this deadly brain cancer