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AI designed new bacteriophages that killed E. coli in lab tests, promising advances but raising safety concerns.

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UC Davis researcher Dr. Hiromi Tajima explains how CRISPR-edited wheat boosts natural apigenin to promote nitrogen fixation, ...

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Researchers from the University of Birmingham's Bladder Cancer Research Center have used a new method to detect chemical ...

Scientists in Tokyo have uncovered “Inocles,” massive strands of extrachromosomal DNA hidden inside bacteria in human mouths.

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