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The Great Barrier Reef

'Super-spreader' coral could restore trashed Great Barrier Reef

28 November 2017

Most of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may well be destroyed in the next few decades, but hubs of resilient coral could make larvae to restore it all
Magnetic cells could fix a broken heart after a heart attack

Magnetic cells could fix a broken heart after a heart attack

23 November 2017

Making cells magnetic allows them to be injected into a damaged heart and kept in place using a magnet, allowing them time to fuse with the heart rather than drift away

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