What’s hot in science? Research news for the day of August 30, 2021

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Research reveals that a 'sponge' made by Geobacter can soak up uranium.

Mon, 30 Aug 2021
These bacteria clean up radioactive waste

Research reveals ‘sponge’ made by Geobacter can soak up uranium

For decades, scientists suspected that bacteria known as Geobacter could clean up radioactive uranium waste, but it wasn’t clear how the microbes did it.

“The biological mechanism remained elusive for 20 years,” said Gemma Reguera, the

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Water sampling in a Gwynns Falls stream

Mon, 30 Aug 2021
Dosing the coast: Baltimore County’s leaky pipes are medicating the Chesapeake Bay

Faulty wastewater infrastructure leads to thousands of doses of drugs entering the bay

In Baltimore, Maryland, leaky sewage infrastructure delivers tens of thousands of human doses of pharmaceuticals to Chesapeake Bay every year. So reports a U.S. National Science

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