"It will be the first time we are drilling into another planet, " said Dr. Vasavada.

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Dr. Robert Gross, the neurosurgeon, began drilling the holes in her skull.

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But, by drilling a series of evenly spaced holes into the wire, Dr Lim has created a periodic structure with a band gap that blocks such light.

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