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World Service,1 min

The world’s smallest radio

Newsday

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A team of physicists from Harvard University in the US have constructed a minuscule radio from molecular chunks of pink diamonds. The atomic sized device has many useful properties which could bring practical benefits. Prof John A. Paulson explains. (Photo: The world's smallest radio receiver Credit: credit Eliza Grinnell / Harvard SEAS )

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