Sinzato, Y. Z., Uittenbogaard, R., Visser, P. M., Huisman, J., & Jalaal, M. (2026).eLife, 14. Harmful freshwater cyanobacterial blooms of Microcystis form buoyant colonies held
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A team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam’s Institute of Physics has 3D-printed a Christmas tree made entirely of ice. Researchers Menno Demmenie, Stefan
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