Nanoparticles in Flies (IMAGE)

Brown University

Nanoparticles in Flies

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While fly larvae appear to have ingested carbon nanostructures without harm, the nanostructures remained in their bodies through adulthood, raising questions about accumulation in the food chain.

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David Rand laboratory, Brown University

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