NASA Science News for October 28, 2004
Tiny sensors, shaped like tumbleweed and small enough to fit inside a blood vessel, might one day ride to space inside astronauts' bodies, warning the space travelers when radiation is damaging their cells. This new technology, being developed by NASA-supported researchers, would improve health care on Earth, too.
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