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![Quantum dots light up cancer with a little help](https://itaintmagic.riken.jp/wp-content/uploads/RR0031-webL-1024x675.jpg)
Quantum dots light up cancer with a little help
Researchers have found a small connecting protein that can help make quantum dot-based probes for biomedical imaging.
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![Most precise measurement ever of proton magnetic moment](https://itaintmagic.riken.jp/wp-content/uploads/PressRelease-Image-1-no-title-1000x675.jpg)
Most precise measurement ever of proton magnetic moment
Using a sophisticated setup, scientists have made the most precise measurement to date of the proton magnetic moment.
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![Proton and antiproton still seem identical](https://itaintmagic.riken.jp/wp-content/uploads/BASETRAP1-1080x675.jpg)
Proton and antiproton still seem identical
Using a novel two-particle measurement method, scientists have measured the magnetic moment of the antiproton at a precision 350 times higher than any previous measurement.
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![Microcolumns: elementary neuronal units that carpet the (mouse) brain](https://itaintmagic.riken.jp/wp-content/uploads/brain-with-microcolumn-1-1080x441.png)
Microcolumns: elementary neuronal units that carpet the (mouse) brain
A hexagonal lattice organizes major cell types in the cerebral cortex, with similar cells synchronizing their activity in microcolumns.
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![Jupiter’s volcano-powered auroral lights](https://itaintmagic.riken.jp/wp-content/uploads/2017fall_FH_wL-1024x675.jpg)
Jupiter’s volcano-powered auroral lights
A collaborative effort used data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft to explain the transient auroras found on Jupiter.
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![Hepatoma (liver cancer) blocked by a sugar look-a-like](https://itaintmagic.riken.jp/wp-content/uploads/liver-891x675.png)
Hepatoma (liver cancer) blocked by a sugar look-a-like
A sugar (fucose) analog can prevent liver cancer (hepatoma) from invading healthy liver cells.
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