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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • February 5, 2008
    An article by Michael Schirber:

    ``Scientists may one day be able to destroy viruses in the same way that opera singers presumably shatter wine glasses. New research mathematically determined the frequencies at which simple viruses could be shaken to death.
    [...]
    ``To expedite this search, [Otto Sankey of Arizona State University] and his student Eric Dykeman have developed a way to calculate the vibrational motion of every atom in a virus shell. From this, they can determine the lowest resonant frequencies.''

    Full story:
    http://www.livescience.com/health/080205-virus-shattering.html

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