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El estudiante de arquitectura Magnus Larsson detalla su atrevido plan para transformar el áspero desierto de Sahara usando bacterias y un sorprendente material de construcción: la arena misma.
Magnus Larsson hopes to build new structures in the desert -- by using bacteria to turn shifting sand into a solid mass. Full bio »
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