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Goodbye Plastic? Scientists Create New Supermaterial That Could Transform Modern Manufacturing


A newly developed bacterial cellulose manufacturing technique could lead to strong, multifunctional materials capable of replacing plastics. What if the next generation of high-performance materials did not come from a factory filled with petroleum-based plastics, but from living bacteria? Sci

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