Sep
10
Bacteria May Be a Solution for Nuclear Waste
September 10, 2014 | Leave a Comment
University of Manchester scientists think tiny single-cell organisms discovered living underground could help with the problem of nuclear waste disposal. Bacteria with waste-eating properties have been discovered in relatively pristine soils before. The Manchester study is the first time that microbes have been found that can survive in the very harsh conditions expected in radioactive […]
Oct
29
Revealing Research On How Bacteria Make Hydrogen
October 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Chemists at the University of California, Davis, and Stanford University are revealing how bacteria make free hydrogen and perhaps opening ways for science to imitate them. Producing hydrogen easily and cheaply by chemical water splitting is a dream goal for clean, sustainable energy and bacteria have been doing exactly that for billions of years. In […]
Aug
23
Combined Fungus and Bacteria Process Makes Biofuel
August 23, 2013 | 4 Comments
A University of Michigan research team has joined the forces of a fungus and E. coli bacteria to turn tough waste plant material into isobutanol, a biofuel that closely matches gasoline’s properties in a combined species process. The research team members said the principle also could be used to produce other valuable chemicals such as […]
Jan
30
Next – Bugs That Eat Electricity and Make Fuel
January 30, 2013 | 1 Comment
University of Minnesota scientists have developed a way to grow iron-oxidizing bacteria using electricity instead of iron. The new development opens the possibility for further study that could lead to developing organisms that could one day be used to turn electricity into fuel. All civilization would need then is an abundance of electrical generating capacity. […]
Feb
18
Better Bacteria In Sight
February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment
University of Michigan scientists have discovered a molecular assistant they’ve dubbed ‘Spy’ that helps bacteria excel at producing proteins for medical and industrial purposes. While the prime motivation is to work at proteins for medicine and industry, finding responses that improve production of desired traits is news – and it will provoke a search and […]
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