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E. coli is capable of producing a diesel substitute

Strains of E. coli bacteria are capable of producing a biofuel almost identical to diesel. The importance of the discovery hinges around the idea of “drop-in” fuels — that existing technology which runs on diesel would not need to be modified in order to utilise the biofuel meaning the costs to business of switching energy […]

Dear Photograph

Some of the Web’s best sites consist of variations on one simple idea. In the case of Dear Photograph, that idea is taking a snapshot — usually one featuring one or more people and dating from the film-photography era — and holding it up against the original setting so that past and present blend into […]