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Topic: Nanotechnology

Antibiotics are placed in petri dishes filled with bacteria. In the dish on the left the bacteria will not develop near the antibiotics. In the right petri dish, antibiotic resistant bacteria are growing. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Scientists record sounds from bacteria

Eric Schank
Pr. Mildred Dresselhaus with an ultra high vacuum surface analysis system for imaging and characterizing thin film organic and inorganic materials and devices in the soft semiconductor lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mildred Dresselhaus, USA, LOreal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science, 2007 Laureate for North America, 'For her research on solid state materials, including conceptualizing the creation of carbon nanotubes'. (Micheline PELLETIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

The remarkable life of a nanotech queen

Maia Weinstock
In this Jan. 24, 2016 photo, a malnourished child lies in a bed at a therapeutic feeding center in a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Some 3 million children here under five years require services to treat or prevent malnutrition, according to a UNICEF report on Jan. 13. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) (AP)

Climate change drives world hunger

Jessica Eise, Kenneth Foster - The Conversation
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Under-skin microchips: Future of work?

Nicole Karlis
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Science: Yep, it's the end

Émile P. Torres
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Matthew Rozsa
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Science of the apocalypse

Aaron Labaree
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