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Concrete is prone to cracking, shrinkage, and drying, but a genus of bacteria has shown it can help beat its own weaknesses.

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Take a typical fish out of water and it won’t live long. It gets the oxygen it needs from the water it swims in. In a similar way, scientists are exploring dependency as a method of controlling what ...

Researchers have found that certain bacteria carry a naturally occurring system, built from repurposed CRISPR components, ...

Even the cleanest kitchens have blind spots—here's where germs are actually hiding.

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North Shore beachgoers are getting a hard pause from state health officials. The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health has ...