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Transmitting location

Microchips embedding a magnetic sensor and a radiofrequency transmitter can be localized in the body of a mouse at submillimetre resolution when under a magnetic field.

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Kong, Y.L., Traverso, G. Transmitting location. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 684–685 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-017-0135-4

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