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Bacteria that glows to reveal land mines

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh recently announced that they have engineered a strain of bacteria that glows green in the presence of explosives, making mine detection a snap.

The inexpensive bacteria are sprayed over an area and shortly begin to glow green in the presence of explosives.