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more about #explosives ♠ Final ♠: Sounds real damn expensive. The countries that have to deal with land mines are usually Third World and their leaders would probably opt for another ... more » gorehound: those little bacties sure are cool and glow like a psychedelic trip more » goldfarb: I've always wondered why people don't just use one of these things to 'look' for land mines... just drive around making a huge amount of noise and di... more » tetracycloide: well they can't be harmless to everything because they must eat something. also, what help would the be on minefields to new for enough chemicals to ... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: That's fine and dandy until the bacteria animate said mines and thus creating the first sentient landmines. With a vengeance. more » -
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Synthetic Bacteria Can Reveal Landmines
Tailor-made microbes could save thousands of lives a year in poor nations, but not in the way you would think. A new breed of bioengineered bacteria can spot buried explosives. More »
