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1,000 federal inmates in Texas prison test positive for COVID-19

Coronavirus infections are on the rise in a North Texas federal prison, where more than 1,000 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 and at least one inmate has died. Of the 1,798 inmates at the Federal Correctional Institute in Seagoville, at least 1,072 have contracted the virus. Ten staff members …

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Caltech scientists discover elusive metal-eating bacteria

This bacterium is a true metalhead. Scientists have discovered a new type of bacteria that survives by gobbling up metal, according to a new study. Researchers have long believed that a metal-chewing bacteria existed, but couldn’t prove it until Jared Leadbetter, a Caltech microbiologist in Pasadena, launched an experiment. He …

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