At King's College in London, researchers fed an ordinary red worm, Lumbricus rubellus, soil laced with metals. The worm produced quantum dots, nano-sized semiconductors that are used in imaging ...

At King's College in London, researchers fed an ordinary red worm, Lumbricus rubellus, soil laced with metals.The worm produced quantum dots, nano-sized semiconductors that are used in imaging ...

The Code Red worm tried to bring down the Net last year using a similar strategy. Skip to main content. Scientific American. October 28, 2002. ... Ebay and other top dot-coms low.

Worms are useful in the garden and great for fish bait, but one of their talents has remained hidden — until now. Scientists have discovered that worms can manufacture tiny semiconductors.