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07.19.08

Pond Scum for a Cleaner Tomorrow

The water-choking stuff could be the key to reversing climate change

By Sam Barrett Posted 07.11.2008 at 3:17 pm 9 Comments

Biologists at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University have a strange fascination with pond scum. But the fascination may prove more useful than anyone could have imagined.

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