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  "id": 1865,
  "url": "https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/07/nist-receives-new-patent-microbe-killing-water-heater",
  "title": "NIST Receives New Patent for Microbe-Killing Water Heater",
  "summary": "Warm water in household pipes can be a breeding ground for harmful bacteria.",
  "authors": "Sarah Henderson",
  "category": "policy",
  "topics": "environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-14T12:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:04:12.223Z",
  "source_slug": "nist",
  "source_name": "NIST",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.nist.gov",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/1865",
  "original_url": "https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/07/nist-receives-new-patent-microbe-killing-water-heater",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}