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Microscopy shows a clean foot and leg of a fruit fly (top), and a foot and leg covered with carbon nanostructures (bottom). Adhering nanostructures may have impeded movement, respiration and vision in adult flies but did not appear toxic to fly larvae that ingested it.
BROWN (US)—The health and environmental effects of carbon nanoparticles, which are widely used in electronics and medicine, are not well understood. A series of experiments with fruit flies could help reveal potential dangers. Continue…
