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Researchers have developed a technology for building more compact point-of-care medical imaging devices by creating a material that acts as two devices in one.
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Haswitha Sabbineni has an idea that could lead to a targeted treatment for prostate cancer. To obtain the rare isotope she needed to test the treatment, she turned to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...
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