Metal-eating bacteria discovered by accident after 100 years.

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have discovered a type of metal-eating bacteria. The bacterium is reportedly suspected to have existed for more than a century, but has not been proven. The tiny microbes were discovered by accident, as scientists were conducting experiments unrelated to manganese, a mineral …

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Start of housing jumps 17.3% in June to 1.9 million

Housing starts in the United States increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,186 million in June, a 17.4 percent increase from the 974,000 reported the previous month, Commerce Department data showed on Friday. Economists’ expectations were unusually mixed for the June figure, reflecting the uncertainty surrounding economic data …

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