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To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...

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A new chemotaxis-based method could revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life by detecting microbes movement on Mars ...

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Scientists studying Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, have discovered that its ocean forms layers that slow the upward movement ...