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  1. Health & Medicine

    Nanoparticles hunt down and kill tumors

    Gold nanoparticles, injected into mouse tumors and exposed to light, have been found to destroy cancer cells, a treatment approach that may one day offer an alternative to surgery.

    By Alexandra Goho
  2. Physics

    Hints emerge of a four-quark particle

    Previously observed only in twos, threes, and perhaps in fives, quarks and antiquarks in a newfound particle may have glommed together to form a never-before-seen foursome.

    By Peter Weiss
  3. Health & Medicine

    Discovery of Insulin

    In 1923, the Nobel Prize in Medicine went to Frederick Banting and J.J.R. Macleod for their part in the discovery of insulin. This site documents that discovery and the initial development of insulin to alleviate suffering from diabetes.