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When snow blankets the landscape, it may seem like life slows down. But beneath the surface, an entire world of activity is ...
In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a ...
Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.
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In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...
Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...
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