Why do Carbon Nanoparticles Kill Fruit Flies?
The health and environmental effects of carbon nanoparticles, which are widely
used in electronics and medicine, are not well understood. Researchers at Brown
University have discovered that certain types of carbon nanoparticles can be
environmentally toxic to adult fruit flies, although they were found to be benign
when added to food for larvae.
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