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NASA scientist Jonathan Trent sampling an acidic hot springs in Yellowstone National Park for the microbes used to produce protein nanostructures.

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Hot spring geysers at Yellowstone National Park.

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An acidic hot spring that harbors the microbes used to produce the proteins used in nanotechnology.

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NASA scientists sampling an acidic hot springs in Yellowstone National Park for the microbes used to produce protein nanostructures.

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NASA scientist Jonathan Trent sampling an acidic hot springs in Yellowstone National Park for the microbes used to produce protein nanostructures.

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NASA scientist sampling an acidic hot springs in Yellowstone National Park for the microbes used to produce protein nanostructures.

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The acid hot springs in Yellowstone National Park where NASA scientists find microbes that are used in experiments for nanotechnology.

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The hot springs in Yellowstone National Park where NASA scientists find microbes that are used in experiments for nanotechnology.

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The muddy acidic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park that is 'home' for the microbes that produce proteins used by NASA scientists in nanotechnology.

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NASA scientist, Jonathan Trent, sampling hot springs in Kamchatka, Siberia for the microbes used for experiments in nanotechnology.

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NASA scientists visited hot springs in Kamchatka, Siberia using helicopters to find microbes for research in nanotechnology.

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NASA scientists inside the caldera of a volcano in Kamchatka, Siberia, looking for microbes that can be used in nanotechnology.

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On a recent NASA Astrobiology expedition in Kamchatka, Siberia, scientists crossed a glacier enroute to an active volcano in search of microbes for use in nanotechnology.

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A NASA scientist inside the caldera of the volcano Mutnovsky in Kamchatka, Siberia, looking for microbes that can be used in nanotechnology.

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The hot springs of Yellowstone that are the sampling site for microbes used by NASA scientists in nanotechnology.

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The "Valley of Geysers" in Kamchatka, Siberia where NASA scientists searched for microbes to be used for experiments in protein-based nanotechnology.

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