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The screws examined are tiny: their diameter is 2 millimeters. Photo: Hereon/ Björn Wiese

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Hereon: bone ­screws that dissolve by themselves

A research team led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon has now used a 3D X-ray method to determine for the first time quantitatively how different of magnesium alloys dissolve over time under body-like …