microbes
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Research published after the bistrifluron study found that the microbes inside those pellets may provide a kind of biological clock.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
"We're using microbes to develop the cookie into a more attractive, consumer-friendly product," says Jayasekara.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The SIU Carbondale team instead turned to microbes, which can carry out complex biochemical processes naturally.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The two microbes appeared to complement one another chemically, with each producing compounds the other could use, including vitamins, nutrients and hydrogen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Eventually, typhus microbes discovered that human body lice offered a much more efficient method of traveling directly between humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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