The researchers have also developed a type of liposomes which melt quickly, so the drug can be delivered into the tumour within 20 seconds of heating.

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As the ice thins, more solar radiation can enter the ocean and warm the sea water, which will cause icecaps to melt more quickly.

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And if Mr Dodd shifts left to bridge the gaps between his bill and the House's, any Republican support could quickly melt away.

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If that happened, his support could quickly melt away.

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Those ice sheets were changing so quickly that they could not responsibly say how much they would melt by 2100.

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In addition, the balls can be made quickly and simply by dropping spheres of amorphous silicon through hot gas, causing them to melt.

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