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  • Low-Res_Bacteria nanowires
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    Machinery behind bacterial nanowires discovered

    2025-01-20T12:45:00Z

    Almost all living things breathe oxygen to eliminate the excess electrons produced when nutrients are converted into energy. However, most microbes that mitigate pollution and climate change don’t have access to oxygen. Instead, these bacteria—buried underground or living deep under oceans—have developed a way to eliminate electrons by “breathing minerals” ...

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    Super sensitive method detects deadly infectious diseases

    2023-09-20T15:31:00Z

    Rutgers researchers have developed a way of detecting the early onset of deadly infectious diseases using a test so ultrasensitive that it could someday revolutionize medical approaches to epidemics.