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For the first time, an international research team led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy ...

Chemists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new use for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), not just as ...

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Researchers at McGill University have identified bacteria that can indicate whether a blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom ...

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