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  "textContent": "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? Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have developed a new way to turn [...]",
  "title": "Goodbye Plastic? Scientists Create New Supermaterial That Could Transform Modern Manufacturing"
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