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Malaria Parasites are Full of Wildly Spinning Iron Crystals. Scientists Finally Know Why. | New research found that the crystals are propelled by peroxide breakdown, the same reaction that launches rockets


The first known metallic nanomotor in biology is powered by rocket fuel.

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