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Water filters made from untreated wood can remove more than 99 per cent of particles, taking out many harmful bacteria and ...

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

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Scientists have used an artificial circulatory system to create lab-grown chicken, which may improve its texture ...

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As quantum computers mature, they will be transformational. But there are good reasons why we don’t yet know exactly which ...

On a faraway planet, the James Webb Space Telescope has picked up signs of molecules that, on Earth, are produced only by ...

Researchers have used a fungus and bacteria to create rigid, living structures similar to bone and coral, which could one day ...

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