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Mining with microbes: Extracting metals from low-grade ores is usually a tricky business, but some bacteria have no problems with it. The metal industry is using these tiny helpers to make their mines both green and profitable

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New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Korea wakes up to the environment: South Korea's economy has been seen as a model for developing countries. Now the Koreans are being forced to question the environmental costs of rapid industrialisation

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