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Nanomachines which can drill into cancer cells, killing them in just 60 seconds, have been developed by scientists.

In one test conducted at Durham University the nanomachines took between one and three minutes to break through the outer membrane of prostate cancer cell, killing it instantly.

The prostate cancer cells start to 'bleb' or disintegrate after just 60 seconds, as seen in the bottom image Credit: Robert Pal/Durham University). »

Now, however, scientists led by Nicola Pugno at Italy's University of Trento have succeeded in combining spider silk with grapheme and carbon nanotubes, producing a composite material five times stronger.

Remarkably, the composite is produced by the spider itself, after first drinking water containing the nanotubes. »

COBB COUNTY, Georgia -- Video from a police car's dash camera shows an officer attempting to calm a nervous driver during a DUI stop by telling her "We only kill black people.".

The woman can be heard telling the officer she's afraid to move her hands because of recent police-involved shootings.

"Remember, we only kill black people. »

At the same time, I’m lucky to have some nice pieces of listening equipment around, and most of them require a headphone jack.

Nobody asked phone makers to kill off the headphone jack two years ago, and nobody wants them to do it now.

It isn’t a forward-thinking move like Apple’s decision to kill off the floppy disk, because no one’s playing along. »